Trade-offs between melanization, development time and adult size in Inachis io and Araschnia levana (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)?

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-68

  Windig, Jack J ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Colour; Genetic correlation across environments; Life history; Melanin; Quantitative genetics; Trade off

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; INSECT GENETICS; MELANIZATION;

BUTTERFLY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

ARASCHNIA LEVANA; INACHIS IO; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0033031705     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884510     Document Type: Article

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