Digest: Nature and nurture: Influences of parental care and rearing environment on phenotypic plasticity in Nicrophorus vespilloides
Journal
Evolution
Journal Volume
76
Journal Issue
3
Pages
681-684
Date Issued
2022
Author(s)
Abstract
What conditions favor niche expansion in nature? In the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides, Schrader et al. found that larvae reared with parental care on larger carcasses were better equipped for resource use than individuals reared without parental care on smaller carcasses. This finding illustrates that developmental plasticity induced by parental care and carcass size has the potential to influence adaptive diversification. © 2022 The Authors. Evolution © 2022 The Society for the Study of Evolution.
Other Subjects
niche; parental care; phenotypic plasticity; rearing; adaptation; animal; beetle; larva; Adaptation, Physiological; Animals; Coleoptera; Larva
Type
journal article