Atmospheric hypoxia limits selection for large body size in insects.
BACKGROUND: The correlations between Phanerozoic atmospheric oxygen fluctuations and insect body size suggest that higher oxygen levels facilitate the evolution of larger size in insects. METHODS AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Testing this hypothesis we selected Drosophila melanogaster for large size in th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2606028?pdf=render |