Insulin receptors and wing dimorphism in rice planthoppers. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2017 Wing polymorphism contributes significantly to the success of a wide variety of insects. However, its underlying molecular mechanism is less well understood. The migratory planthopper (BPH),Nilaparvata lugens, is one of the most extensively studied insects for wing polymorphism, due to its natural features of short- and long-winged morphs.
Xu HJ, Zhang CX.
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Wing sexual dimorphism of pathogen-vector culicids [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background Sexual dimorphism in animals has been studied from different perspectives for decades. In 1874 Darwin hypothesized that it was related to sexual selection, and even after nearly 140 years, when additional empirical data has become available ...
Flávia Virginio +2 more
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Sexual size dimorphism and morphological sex determination in the Yellow-browed Bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys) [PDF]
BMC ZoologyBackground Sex-differential migration patterns may coevolve with sexual size dimorphism, and reliable field sexing is necessary to understand this relationship.
Seyoung Park +5 more
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Scaling Relationships and Sexual Size Dimorphism Among the Body Parts of Holotrichia oblita (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionSexual dimorphism is common among insects. However, whether dimorphism influences the wing loading (i.e., body mass per unit wing area) and scaling relationships among body parts in beetles has seldom been explored.
Mengmeng Zhu +5 more
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Sexual dimorphism in bat wing morphology – variation among foraging styles
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2021 Sexual dimorphism can lead to differences in foraging style among conspecifics due to morphological differences. Within bats, maneuverability and speed of flight are influenced by wing shape and size, which may differ between sexes.
D. G. Maucieri +2 more
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Wingless gene cloning and its role in manipulating the wing dimorphism in the white-backed planthopper, Sogatella furcifera. [PDF]
BMC Mol Biol, 2014 BackgroundWingless gene (Wg) plays a fundamental role in regulating the segment polarity and wing imaginal discs of insects. The rice planthoppers have an obvious wing dimorphism, and the long- and short-winged forms exist normally in natural populations.
Yu JL, An ZF, Liu XD.
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Comprehensive full-Length transcriptomic resource for wing dimorphism in English green aphid, Sitobion avenae [PDF]
Scientific DataThe English green aphid, Sitobion avenae, a major pest of wheat, exhibits classical wing dimorphism. To support research and data sharing on the molecular basis of this trait, we generated full-length transcriptomes from three different developmental ...
Yi Yan +9 more
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Experimental evidence for density-determined wing dimorphism in two bush-crickets (Ensifera: Tettigoniidae) [PDF]
European Journal of Entomology, 2009 Macroptery is common in many species of Orthoptera, but the causes are still discussed. Besides the assumption that macroptery is genetically determined, there is evidence that wing dimorphism is induced by environmental factors, particularly population ...
Dominik PONIATOWSKI, Thomas FARTMANN
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Evolution of sexual size dimorphism in the wing musculature of Drosophila
PeerJ, 2020 Male courtship songs in Drosophila are exceedingly diverse across species. While much of this variation is understood to have evolved from changes in the central nervous system, evolutionary transitions in the wing muscles that control the song may have ...
Claire B. Tracy +3 more
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The miR-9b microRNA mediates dimorphism and development of wing in aphids [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020 Significance Evolution of various wings plays an important role in the success of insects in environmental adaptation. During evolution, aphids deploy a wing dimorphism strategy to escape unfavorable conditions.
F. Shang +7 more
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