The genetics of phenotypic plasticity in a colonizing population of the ladybird beetle, Harmonia axyridis

Heredity

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 261-269

  Grill, Christopher P ^a   Moore, Allen J ^a,b   Brodie III, Edmund D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

colonizing species; evolvability; G x E interaction; genetics; Harmonia axyridis; phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

HARMONIA AXYRIDIS;

COLONIZATION; INTRODUCED BEETLE; LADYBIRD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

USA;

EID: 0030620211     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6881030     Document Type: Article

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