Timing of increased temperature sensitivity coincides with nervous system development in winter moth embryos
N. E. van Dis, M. van der Zee, R. A. Hut, B. Wertheim, M. E. Visser
The paper shows that winter moth embryos become more sensitive to temperature changes during the phylotypic stage, when their nervous system develops, and this sensitivity may be subject to genetic selection under climate change.
bioRxiv · Mar 16, 2021Evolutionary Biology