Leg regeneration stunts wing growth and hinders flight performance in a stick insect (Sipyloidea sipylus)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1595, 2006, Pages 1811-1814

  Maginnis, Tara L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Flight; Regeneration; Stick insects; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLIGHT; GROWTH; INSECT; PHENOTYPE; REGENERATION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT; FORELIMB; INSECT; LEG; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIMB REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGEMID; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; FLYING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

PHASMATODEA; SIPYLOIDEA SIPYLUS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EXTREMITIES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; REGENERATION; WING;

EID: 33747448070     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3508     Document Type: Article

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