The environmental and genetic control of seasonal polyphenism in larval color and its adaptive significance in a swallowtail butterfly

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 342-348

  Hazel, Wade N ^a  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotype by environment interaction; Larval color; Larval growth; Phenotypic plasticity; Seasonal polyphenism; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; GROWTH RATE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PAPILIO; PAPILIO POLYXENES; PAPILIONIDAE; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0036126612     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01344.x     Document Type: Article

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