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The developmental and physiological basis of body size evolution in an insect.

The evolution of body size is a dominant feature of animal evolution. However, little is known about how the underlying developmental mechanisms that determine size change as body size evolves. Here we report on a case of body size evolution in the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta that occurred over a...

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Main Authors: D'Amico, L. J., Davidowitz, G., Nijhout, H. F.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2001
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1088782/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11487406
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1698
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