The development and evolution of exaggerated morphologies in insects

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2000, Pages 661-708

  Emlen, Douglas J ^a   Nijhout, H Frederik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Castes; Polyphenism; Sexual selection; Threshold traits

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; INSECTS; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0034112363     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.45.1.661     Document Type: Article

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