The costs of being dark: the genetic basis of melanism and its association with fitness-related traits in the sand cricket

THE EVOLUTION OF TRADE-OFFS UNDER DIRECTIONAL AND CORRELATIONAL SELECTION

(2012) Derek A. Roff et al.   EVOLUTION

Effects of Altered Catecholamine Metabolism on Pigmentation and Physical Properties of Sclerotized Regions in the Silkworm Melanism Mutant

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Evaluating the life-history trade-off between dispersal capability and reproduction in wing dimorphic insects: a meta-analysis

(2011) Patrick A. Guerra   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Phenoloxidase: a key component of the insect immune system

(2011) Isaac González-Santoyo et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

THE EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS OF ACQUISITION AND ALLOCATION IN THE WING DIMORPHIC CRICKET, GRYLLUS FIRMUS

(2011) Elizabeth G. King et al.   EVOLUTION

Path analysis of the genetic integration of traits in the sand cricket: a novel use of BLUPs

(2011) D. A. ROFF et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Industrial Melanism in British Peppered Moths Has a Singular and Recent Mutational Origin

(2011) A. E. van't Hof et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanical Properties of the Beetle Elytron, a Biological Composite Material

(2010) Joseph Lomakin et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Mutations of an Arylalkylamine-N-acetyltransferase,Bm-iAANAT, Are Responsible for Silkworm Melanism Mutant

(2010) Fang-yin Dai et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Trade-off acquisition and allocation in Gryllus firmus: a test of the Y model

(2010) E. G. KING et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Melanic through nature or nurture: genetic polymorphism and phenotypic plasticity in Harmonia axyridis

(2010) L. J. MICHIE et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Mechanical properties of elytra from Tribolium castaneum wild-type and body color mutant strains

(2010) Joseph Lomakin et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

The Genetic, Morphological, and Physiological Characterization of a Dark Larval Cuticle Mutation in the Butterfly, Bicyclus anynana

(2010) Ashley Bear et al.   PLoS One

The molecular mechanisms of cuticular melanization: The ecdysone cascade leading to dopa decarboxylase expression in Manduca sexta

(2009) Kiyoshi Hiruma et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

An ecologist’s guide to the animal model

(2009) Alastair J. Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Impact of body melanisation on desiccation resistance in montane populations of D. melanogaster: Analysis of seasonal variation

(2009) Ravi Parkash et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Genetic and hormonal control of melanization in reddish-brown and albino mutants in the desert locustSchistocerca gregaria

(2009) KOUTARO MAENO et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Fitness consequences of body melanization inDrosophila immigransfrom montane habitats

(2009) Shama SINGH et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Dietary protein-quality influences melanization and immune function in an insect

(2008) K. P. Lee et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Decline of melanism in two British moths: spatial, temporal and inter-specific variation

(2008) L M Cook et al.   HEREDITY

Variations in body melanisation, ovariole number and fecundity in highland and lowland populations ofDrosophila melanogasterfrom the Indian subcontinent

(2008) Subhash Rajpurohit et al.   Insect Science

Selection for cuticular melanism reveals immune function and life-history trade-offs inSpodoptera littoralis

(2008) S. C. COTTER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Male sand crickets trade-off flight capability for reproductive potential

(2008) I. K. SAGLAM et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Development and evolution of insect pigmentation: Genetic mechanisms and the potential consequences of pleiotropy

(2008) Patricia J. Wittkopp et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY