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Phenotypic plasticity, heritability, and genotype-by-environment interactions in an insect dispersal polymorphism.
BMC ecology and evolution - 16 Sept 2025
Cabon Lilian, Varma Mahendra, Winter Gabe, Ebeling Anne, Schielzeth Holger
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BACKGROUND: Evolutionary fitness is determined by the match between an organism's phenotype and its local environment. When mismatched, individuals may disperse to more suitable habitats. For flightless insects, however, the range of dispersal is typically limited. Numerous flightless species have, therefore, evolved a dispersal dimorphism, that is, some individuals in otherwise short-winged populations develop...
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