Journal article
Evolution of Drosophila sex comb length illustrates the inextricable interplay between selection and variation
Abstract
In spite of the diversity of possible biological forms observed in nature, a limited range of morphospace is frequently occupied for a given trait. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain this bias in the distribution of phenotypes including selection, drift, and developmental constraints. Despite extensive work on phenotypic bias, the underlying developmental mechanisms explaining why particular regions of morphological space remain …
Authors
Malagón JN; Ahuja A; Sivapatham G; Hung J; Lee J; Muñoz-Gómez SA; Atallah J; Singh RS; Larsen E
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 111, No. 39, pp. e4103–e4109
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publication Date
September 30, 2014
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1322342111
ISSN
0027-8424