Pupal melanization is associated with higher fitness in Spodoptera exigua
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Pupal melanization is associated with higher fitness in Spodoptera exigua
Melanism has long been thought to be a habitat adaptation with a fitness cost. Here we reported a homozygous melanic strain (SEM) of Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) established with black pupae spontaneously occurring within a typical laboratory population (SEW). The melanization is expressed globally, and only in the pupal stage. After pupation, the melanic SEM pup...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep10875