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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2019-11-01
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Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.191201 |