A reversible color polyphenism in american peppered moth (Biston betularia cognataria) caterpillars

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Noor, Mohamed A F ^a,b   Parnell, Robin S ^a   Grant, Bruce S ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BISTON BETULARIA COGNATARIA; CATERPILLAR; COLOR DEVELOPMENT; COLOR POLYPHENISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOST RANGE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; POLYPHENISM; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR; DOMINANT GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDATION;

AVES; BISTON BETULARIA; BISTON BETULARIA COGNATARIA; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; COLOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETICS, POPULATION; LEPIDOPTERA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTHS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 52149109780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003142     Document Type: Article

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