Phenotypic plasticity is defined as the property of organisms to produce distinct phenotypes
in response to environmental variation. While for more than a century, biologists have …

Genetic assimilation and genetic accommodation are mechanisms by which novel
phenotypes are produced and become established in a population. Novel characters may …

Polyphenism is a successful strategy adopted by organisms to adapt to environmental
changes. Brown planthoppers (BPH, Nilaparvata lugens) develop two wing phenotypes …

Ants are highly polyphenic Hymenoptera, with at least three distinct adult forms in the vast
majority of species. Their sexual dimorphism, however, is overlooked to the point of being a …

Wing polymorphism is an evolutionary feature found in a wide variety of insects, which offers
a model system for studying the evolutionary significance of dispersal. In the wing-dimorphic …

Social insect queens and workers can engage in conflict over reproductive allocation when
they have different fitness optima. Here, we show that queens have control over queen …

The evolution of eusociality, where solitary individuals integrate into a single colony, is a
major transition in individuality. In ants, the origin of eusociality coincided with the origin of a …

Many flowers exhibit phenotypic plasticity. By inducing the production of several
phenotypes, plasticity may favour the rapid exploration of different regions of the floral …

Ants are one of the most ecologically and evolutionarily successful groups of animals and
exhibit a remarkable degree of phenotypic diversity. This success is largely attributed to the …

“The story of the Cape bee is a kind of coloured flower in most of the books on the biology of
honeybees. It is astonishing and amusing and not quite believable. It remains a curious story …