Ecdysteroid Hormones Link the Juvenile Environment to Alternative Adult Life Histories in a Seasonal Insect

The conditional expression of alternative life strategies is a widespread feature of animal life and a pivotal adaptation to life in seasonal environments. To optimally match suites of traits to seasonally changing ecological opportunities, animals living in seasonal environments need mechanisms lin...

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Main Author: Oostra, Vicencio (author)
Other Authors: Mateus, Ana Rita A. (author), van der Burg, Karin R. L. (author), Piessens, Thomas (author), van Eijk, Marleen (author), Brakefield, Paul M. (author), Beldade, Patrícia (author), Zwaan, Bas J. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
Subjects:
developmental plasticity
seasonal adaptation
life history
resource allocation
diapause
polyphenism
20-hydroxyecdysone
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/360
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:arca.igc.gulbenkian.pt:10400.7/360

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.7/360

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