Many ways to make darker flies: Intra- and interspecific variation in Drosophila body pigmentation components.

ABSTRACT: Body pigmentation is an evolutionarily diversified and ecologically relevant trait with substantial variation within and between species, and important roles in animal survival and reproduction. Insect pigmentation, in particular, provides some of the most compelling examples of adaptive evolution, including its ecological significance and genetic bases. Pigmentation includes multiple aspects of color and color pattern that may vary more or less independently, and can be under different selective pressures. We decompose Drosophila thorax and abdominal pigmentation, a valuable eco-evo-devo model, into distinct measurable traits related to color and color pattern. We investigate intra- and interspecific variation for those traits and assess its different sources. For each body part, w

SUBMITTER: Lafuente E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8216949 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature