Plasticity Through Canalization: The Contrasting Effect of Temperature on Trait Size and Growth in Drosophila

In most ectotherms, a reduction in developmental temperature leads to an increase in body size, a phenomenon known as the temperature size rule (TSR). In Drosophila melanogaster, temperature affects body size primarily by affecting critical size, the point in development when larvae initiate the hor...

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Main Authors: Jeanne M. C. McDonald, Shampa M. Ghosh, Samuel J. L. Gascoigne, Alexander W. Shingleton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcell.2018.00156/full