Building a Beetle: How Larval Environment Leads to Adult Performance in a Horned Beetle.

The link between the expression of the signals used by male animals in contests with the traits which determine success in those contests is poorly understood. This is particularly true in holometabolous insects such as horned beetles where signal expression is determined during metamorphosis and is...

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Main Authors: Leeann T Reaney, Robert J Knell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4526545?pdf=render