Evidence of selection on phenotypic plasticity and cost of plasticity in response to host-feeding sources in the major Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans

[Display omitted] •We conducted experiments on adaptive phenotypic plasticity in Triatoma infestans.•Wings exhibited differences in phenotypic plasticity related to host-feeding source.•Selection on plasticity was detected only in females fed on guinea pigs.•Costs of plasticity were detected for tra...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta tropica 2015-12, Vol.152, p.237-244
Hauptverfasser: Nattero, Julieta, Leonhard, Gustavo, Gürtler, Ricardo E., Crocco, Liliana B.
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