Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Repeated loss of variation in insect ovary morphology highlights the role of developmental constraint in life-history evolution
S. H. Church, B. A. S. de Medeiros, S. Donoughe…·C. G. Extavour
The paper examines the relationship between egg size and ovariole number in insects, finding a negative correlation that is not universal across all clades and highlighting the role of developmental constraints in shaping life-history traits.
DOI 10.1098/rspb.2021.0150