Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Step-wise evolution of temperature-mediated phenotypic plasticity in eyespot size across nymphalid butterflies
Shivam Bhardwaj, Lim Si-Hui Jolander, Markus R. Wenk…·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.
DOI 10.1101/378836