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Migration distance as a selective episode for wing morphology in a migratory insect

BACKGROUND: Selective pressures that occur during long-distance migration can influence morphological traits across a range of taxa. In flying insects, selection should favour individuals that have wing morphologies that increase energy efficiency and survival. In monarch butterflies, differences in...

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Autores principales: Flockhart, D. T. Tyler, Fitz-gerald, Blair, Brower, Lincoln P., Derbyshire, Rachael, Altizer, Sonia, Hobson, Keith A., Wassenaar, Leonard I., Norris, D. Ryan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5381079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28417003
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-017-0098-9