Phenotypic plasticity
Phenotypic plasticity
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DOI：
10.1093/oso/9780198797500.003.0005
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发表时间：
2018-09
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K. D. Williams;M. Sokolowski
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作者：
K. D. Williams;M. Sokolowski
为什么昆虫的行为会有如此多的变化？本章将讨论行为变异性的来源，特别关注表型可塑性。在发育和成年期的社会，营养和季节性环境背景的变化可以引起表型可塑性。为了深入研究昆虫行为灵活性的机制，将讨论一种表型可塑性的多型现象的例子。选定的例子表明，环境变化可以影响基因表达，这反过来又会影响行为可塑性。这些基因表达的变化与基因与环境的相互作用进行了讨论，以阐明我们对昆虫行为可塑性的理解。
Why is there so much variation in insect behavior? This chapter will address the sources of behavioral variability, with a particular focus on phenotypic plasticity. Variation in social, nutritional, and seasonal environmental contexts during development and adulthood can give rise to phenotypic plasticity. To delve into mechanism underlying behavioral flexibility in insects, examples of polyphenisms, a type of phenotypic plasticity, will be discussed. Selected examples reveal that environmental change can affect gene expression, which in turn can affect behavioral plasticity. These changes in gene expression together with gene-by-environment interactions are discussed to illuminate our understanding of insect behavioral plasticity.