ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2017
Anticipatory flexibility: larval population density in moths determines male investment in antennae, wings and testes.
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- Effects of population density on immunity and reproduction in bean beetles Callosobruchus maculatus.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The transcriptomic signature of responses to larval crowding in Drosophila melanogaster.Insect science · 2023Article
- A comprehensive overview of the effects of urbanisation on sexual selection and sexual traits.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2022Review
- Assessing Anatomical Changes in Male Reproductive Organs in Response to Larval Crowding Using Micro-computed Tomography Imaging.Neotropical entomology · 2022Article
- Experimental immune challenges reduce the quality of male antennae and female pheromone output.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Larval social cues influence testicular investment in an insect.Current zoology · 2022Article
- Investment in adult reproductive tissues is affected by larval growth conditions but not by evolution under poor larval growth conditions inCurrent research in insect science · 2022Article
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- Socially cued anticipatory adjustment of female signalling effort in a moth.Biology letters · 2020Article
- Insect Antennal Morphology: The Evolution of Diverse Solutions to Odorant Perception.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2018Review
- Anticipatory flexibility: larval population density in moths determines male investment in antennae, wings and testes.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
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Abstract
Developmental plasticity provides individuals with a distinct advantage when the reproductive environment changes dramatically. Variation in population density, in particular, can have profound effects on male reproductive success. Females may be easier to locate in dense populations, but there may be a greater risk of sperm competition. Thus, males should invest in traits that enhance fertilization success over traits that enhance mate location. Conversely, males in less dense populations should invest more in structures that will facilitate mate location. In Lepidoptera, this may result in the development of larger antennae to increase the likelihood of detecting female sex pheromones, and larger wings to fly more efficiently. We explored the effects of larval density on adult morphology in the gum-leaf skeletonizer moth,
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