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Resource allocation to oocytes: heritable variation with altitude in Colias philodice eriphyle (Lepidoptera)

Authors: Springer, P.; Boggs, C. L.ORCID
Year: 1986
Journal: American Naturalist, Vol. 127, pp. 252-256
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1086/284483
Keywords: ALTITUDINAL ADAPTATION, ANIMAL REPRODUCTION, ENTOMOLOGY, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RMBL

Abstract

This study tests the hypothesis that selection should result in a positive correlation between numbers of oocytes produced and available oviposition time, in order to avoid wasting nutrients through the formation of unused oocytes in Colias philodice eriphyle Edwards.

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