Developmental plasticity refers to the property by which the same genotype produces
distinct phenotypes depending on the environmental conditions under which development …

Insects have an amazing variety of colors and patterns. It should be noted that pigments
and/or genes involved in body color formation are markedly different between insects and …

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are transcribed elements increasingly recognized for their
roles in regulating gene expression. Thus far, however, we have little understanding of how …

Butterfly wing patterns are a model system for studying the evolution and development of
adaptive traits. Zhang et al. combine RNA-seq and CRISPR/Cas9... Despite the variety …

Developmental plasticity allows genomes to encode multiple distinct phenotypes that can be
differentially manifested in response to environmental cues. Alternative plastic phenotypes …

Polyphenism is a type of developmental plasticity that translates continuous environmental
variability into discontinuous phenotypes. Such discontinuity likely requires a switch …

Organisms residing in regions with alternating seasons often develop different phenotypes,
or forms, in each season. These forms are often adaptations to each season and result from …

The colours of insects function in intraspecific communication such as sexual signalling,
interspecific communication such as protection from predators, and in physiological …

Phenotypic plasticity results in a diversity of phenotypes from a single genotype in response
to environmental cues. To understand the molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity, studies …

Nutrition-responsive development is a ubiquitous and highly diversified example of
phenotypic plasticity, yet its underlying molecular and developmental mechanisms and …