Atmospheric hypoxia limits selection for large body size in insects.

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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Main Authors: C Jaco Klok, Jon F Harrison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2606028?pdf=render

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