Nutrition mediates extreme growth variation through deep changes in gene expression in the water strider Microvelia longipes
Ingrid Dourlens, Séverine Viala, Kiran Padmanabhan, Abderrahman Khila
The paper shows nutrition drives gene expression changes leading to extreme growth variation in male water strider legs, with BMP11 playing a key role in mediating this effect.
bioRxiv · Aug 28, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology