Melanism in a larval Lepidoptera: Repeatability and heritability of a dynamic trait

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-205

  Lee, Kwang Pum ^a,b   Wilson, Kenneth ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Caterpillar; Cuticular melanism; Density dependence; Development; Phenotypic integration; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CATERPILLAR; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENETIC PHENOMENA; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; LARVA; MELANIN; PIGMENT;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

ALABAMA ARGILLACEA; GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 33645870667     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2006.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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