The Stochastic Pacemaker: Cumulative Behavioral Noise Drives Morphological Plasticity in Pea Aphids
Xiaomi Liu, Kristopher Murdza, Yuxu Feng, Leila Lin, Elizabeth Croyle, Jennifer A. Brisson
The paper shows that maternal behavioral noise drives phenotypic variation in pea aphids by accumulating environmental cues, linking stochastic behavior to morphological plasticity.
bioRxiv · Mar 13, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology