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Fitness Costs of Thermal Reaction Norms for Wing Melanisation in the Large White Butterfly (Pieris brassicae)

The large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, shows a seasonal polyphenism of wing melanisation, spring individuals being darker than summer individuals. This phenotypic plasticity is supposed to be an adaptive response for thermoregulation in natural populations. However, the variation in individual...

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Autores principales: Chaput-Bardy, Audrey, Ducatez, Simon, Legrand, Delphine, Baguette, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3937413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24587196
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090026