Causes of Discordance between Allometries at and above Species Level: An Example with Aquatic Beetles

• Published in: The American naturalist Vol. 186; no. 2; p. 176
• Main Authors: Higginson, Dawn M, Badyaev, Alexander V, Segraves, Kari A, Pitnick, Scott
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Animals; Biological Evolution; Body Size; Coleoptera - anatomy & histology; Coleoptera - growth & development; Genitalia, Male - anatomy & histology; Genitalia, Male - growth & development; Male; Phenotype; Selection, Genetic; Spermatozoa - cytology; Testis - anatomy & histology; Testis - growth & development

Covariation among organismal traits is nearly universal, occurring both within and among species (static and evolutionary allometry, respectively). If conserved developmental processes produce similarity in static and evolutionary allometry, then when species differ in development, it should be expr...