Phenotypic plasticity across 50 MY of evolution: Drosophila wing size and temperature

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-382

  Powell, Alessandro M ^a   Davis, Matthew ^a   Powell, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Phenotypic plasticity; Temperature; Wing size

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FLY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE; WING;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77549087454     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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