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The apparent seasonal biphenism in Drosophila suzukii stems in reality from continuous reaction norms.
Pest management science - 1 Jan 2025
Colinet Hervé, Kustre Alexiane
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The spotted wing drosophila (SWD) is supposed to show only two distinct seasonal phenotypes: the dark, diapausing winter morph (WM) and the light, reproductively active summer morph (SM). It is unclear if these phenotypes result from a true developmental switch or from the expression of extreme phenotypes of continuous thermal reaction norms. This study aims to investigate this question by examining traits across...
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