The ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism of a moth: When do males and females grow apart?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Stillwell, R Craig ^a   Daws, Andrew ^b   Davidowitz, Goggy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; GENDER BIAS; HATCHLING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; MANDUCA SEXTA; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); SEX DIFFERENCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MANDUCA; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PUPA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

LEPIDOPTERA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; MANDUCA; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PUPA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84906968538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106548     Document Type: Article

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