Step-wise evolution of temperature-mediated phenotypic plasticity in eyespot size across nymphalid butterflies
Shivam Bhardwaj, Lim Si-Hui Jolander, Markus R. Wenk, Jeffrey C. Oliver, H. Frederik Nijhout, Antónia Monteiro
The paper shows that temperature-mediated eyespot size plasticity in Bicyclus anynana butterflies is a derived adaptation, not a pre-adaptation, through comparative analysis of molecular and physiological components.
bioRxiv · Jul 27, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology