Translating environmental gradients into discontinuous reaction norms via hormone signalling in a polyphenic butterfly

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1706, 2011, Pages 789-797

  Oostra, Vicencio ^a   De Jong, Maaike A ^d   Invergo, Brandon M ^b   Kesbeke, Fanja ^a   Wende, Franziska ^c   Brakefield, Paul M ^e   Zwaan, Bas J ^f  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecdysone; Hormonal regulation; Life history; Phenotypic plasticity; Reaction norm; Seasonal polyphenism

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROGENEITY; HORMONE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

BICYCLUS ANYNANA;

EID: 79951781714     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1560     Document Type: Article

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