Plasticity of Drosophila melanogaster wing morphology: effects of sex, temperature and density

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Summary

An adjusted ellipse to the contour of the wings of Drosophila is used as an experimental model to study phenotypic plasticity and a general pattern could be identified for the shape dependent variation: when wings become larger they become longer and the second, fourth and fifth longitudinal veins get closer to the tip of the wing.

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Published
2004-01-01
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Wing, Ellipse, Biology, Geometry, Drosophila melanogaster

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