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Insects are one of the most species-rich groups of metazoan organisms. They play a pivotal role in most non-marine ecosystems and many insect species are of enormous economical...

The environmental regulation of development can result in the production of distinct phenotypes from the same genotype, and provide the means for organisms to cope with...

Developmental plasticity refers to the ability for the external environment to modulate development leading to the production of different phenotypes from the same genotype....

The conditional expression of alternative life strategies is a widespread feature of animal life, and a pivotal adaptation to life in seasonal environments. To optimally match...

Developmental plasticity, the ability of a single genotype to express different phenotypes in different environments, may evolve as an adaptive response to seasonality and is...