Ecological basis and genetic architecture of crypsis polymorphism in the desert clicker grasshopper (Ligurotettix coquilletti)
T. K. O'Connor, M. C. Sandoval, J. Wang, R. Takenaka, M. Child, J. C. Hans, N. K. Whiteman
The paper investigates the ecological and genetic factors maintaining color polymorphism in grasshoppers, finding that predation and genome structure influence morph frequencies and crypsis.
bioRxiv · Apr 29, 2021Evolutionary Biology