R. Saisho

Like mother, like daughter? Phenotypic plasticity, environmental covariation, and heritability of size in a parthenogenetic wasp

This study investigates heritability, plasticity, and environmental covariation of body size in the parthenogenetic wasp Dinocampus coccinellae across different host environments, finding little heritable variation and a size-host tradeoff.

Lack of phenotypic variation despite population structure in larval utilization of pea aphids by populations of the lady beetle Hippodamia convergens

The study examines genetic and phenotypic differences in larval utilization of pea aphids by Western and Eastern populations of Hippodamia convergens, finding no phenotypic variation despite genetic structure.