Spider mite mothers adjust reproduction and sons' alternative reproductive tactics to immigrating alien conspecifics

Maternal effects on environmentally induced alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) are poorly understood but likely to be selected for if mothers can reliably predict offspring environments. We assessed maternal effects in two populations (Y and G) of herbivorous arrhenotokous spider mites Tetranyc...

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Main Authors: Peter Schausberger, Tetsuo Gotoh, Yukie Sato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2019-11-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.191201