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| Title |
Phenotypic plasticity in opsin expression in a butterfly compound eye complements sex role reversal
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-12-232 |
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| Authors |
Andrew Everett, Xiaoling Tong, Adriana D Briscoe, Antónia Monteiro |
| Abstract |
Animals often display phenotypic plasticity in morphologies and behaviors that result in distinct adaptations to fluctuating seasonal environments. The butterfly Bicyclus anynana has two seasonal forms, wet and dry, that vary in wing ornament brightness and in the identity of the sex that performs the most courting and choosing. Rearing temperature is the cue for producing these alternative seasonal forms. We hypothesized that, barring any developmental constraints, vision should be enhanced in the choosy individuals but diminished in the non-choosy individuals due to physiological costs. As a proxy of visual performance we measured eye size, facet lens size, and sensitivity to light, e.g., the expression levels of all opsins, in males and females of both seasonal forms. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 85 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 26% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 18% |
| Researcher | 15 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 10% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 11 | 13% |
| Unknown | 10 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 54 | 61% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 13% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 3% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Unknown | 12 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
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