The regulation of phenotypic plasticity of eyespots in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 853-860

  Brakefield, Paul M ^a   Kesbeke, Fanja ^a   Koch, P Bernhardt ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Ecdysteroids; Eyespot patterns; Hormones; Phenotypic plasticity; Selected lines

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BICYCLUS ANYNANA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0031772798     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286213     Document Type: Article

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