Exaggerated trait growth in insects

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 453-472

  Lavine, Laura ^a   Gotoh, Hiroki ^a   Brent, Colin S ^b   Dworkin, Ian ^c   Emlen, Douglas J ^d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme growth; Extreme size; Growth mechanisms; Insulin signaling pathway; Juvenile hormone; Sexual selection; Soldier castes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAELIFERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; LUCANIDAE; MANTIDAE; MANTODEA; ORTHOPTERA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; INSECTS; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84920848257     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-021045     Document Type: Review

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