Evolution and plasticity of morph‐specific integration in the bull‐headed dung beetle Onthophagus taurus

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 10; no. 19; pp. 10558 - 10570
• Main Authors: Rohner, Patrick T., Macagno, Anna L. M., Moczek, Armin P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.10.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Allometry; Animal behavior; Animal reproduction; Appendages; Compensation; Competition; Differentiation; Dispersal; Divergence; Dung; Ecological conditions; Evolution; geometric morphometrics; Horns; Integration; Males; Morphology; Onthophagini; Onthophagus; Original Research; Phenotypes; Phenotypic plasticity; Phenotypic variations; Physiology; Plastic properties; Plasticity; Population; Population differentiation; Populations; Scarabaeidae; Secondary sexual characters; secondary sexual trait compensation; Sexual selection; Tibia; Wings

Developmental and evolutionary processes underlying phenotypic variation frequently target several traits simultaneously, thereby causing covariation, or integration, among phenotypes. While phenotypic integration can be neutral, correlational selection can drive adaptive covariation. Especially, th...