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Optimal Scaling of Critical Size for Metamorphosis in the Genus Drosophila

Juveniles must reach a critical body size to become a mature adult. Molecular determinants of critical size have been studied, but the evolutionary importance of critical size is still unclear. Here, using nine fly species, we show that interspecific variation in organism size can be explained solel...

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Autores principales: Hironaka, Ken-ichi, Fujimoto, Koichi, Nishimura, Takashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6817650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31610371
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2019.09.033