How plasticity, genetic assimilation and cryptic genetic variation may contribute to adaptive radiations

RF Schneider, A Meyer - Molecular ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing evidence that phenotypic plasticity can promote population divergence
by facilitating phenotypic diversification and, eventually, genetic divergence. When a …

[HTML][HTML] Polyphenism in insects

SJ Simpson, GA Sword, N Lo - Current Biology, 2011 - cell.com
Polyphenism is the phenomenon where two or more distinct phenotypes are produced by
the same genotype. Examples of polyphenism provide some of the most compelling systems …

Developmental bias in horned dung beetles and its contributions to innovation, adaptation, and resilience

Y Hu, DM Linz, ES Parker, DB Schwab… - Evolution & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Developmental processes transduce diverse influences during phenotype formation,
thereby biasing and structuring amount and type of phenotypic variation available for …

Diversification of doublesex function underlies morph-, sex-, and species-specific development of beetle horns

T Kijimoto, AP Moczek… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Sex-specific trait expression is frequently associated with highly variable, condition-
dependent expression within sexes and rapid divergence among closely related species …

Developmental decoupling of alternative phenotypes: insights from the transcriptomes of horn‐polyphenic beetles

EC Snell‐Rood, A Cash, MV Han, T Kijimoto… - …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Developmental mechanisms play an important role in determining the costs, limits, and
evolutionary consequences of phenotypic plasticity. One issue central to these claims is the …

Insulin Signaling as a Mechanism Underlying Developmental Plasticity: The Role of FOXO in a Nutritional Polyphenism

EC Snell-Rood, AP Moczek - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
We investigated whether insulin signaling, known to mediate physiological plasticity in
response to changes in nutrition, also facilitates discrete phenotypic responses such as …

Beetle horns and horned beetles: emerging models in developmental evolution and ecology

T Kijimoto, M Pespeni, O Beckers… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Many important questions in developmental biology increasingly interface with related
questions in other biological disciplines such as evolutionary biology and ecology. In this …

Notch signaling in insect development: A simple pathway with diverse functions

Y Chen, H Li, TC Yi, J Shen, J Zhang - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Notch signaling is an evolutionarily conserved pathway which functions between adjacent
cells to establish their distinct identities. Despite operating in a simple mechanism, Notch …

Male reproductive traits display increased phenotypic variation in response to resource quality and parental provisioning in a tropical rainforest dung beetle …

S Yap, KX Toh, N Puniamoorthy - Ecology and Evolution, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reproductive traits that mediate differential fitness associated with mate acquisition and
fertilisation success are often strongly linked to the overall condition. We investigated the …

Sex-specific regulation of development, growth and metabolism

AW Shingleton, IM Vea - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Adult females and males of most species differ in many aspects of their morphology,
physiology and behavior, in response to sex-specific selective pressures that maximize …