From one laying to another the female collembolan adapts its eggs to environmental constraints
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 08:14
in Biology & Nature
Reproductive plasticity - the ability of individuals to modify their reproduction and the characteristics of their progeny according to environmental or social conditions - is a crucial factor in the demographics of animal populations, including man. Two scientists in the Laboratoire Écologie & Évolution (CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie/École normale supérieure de Paris) have demonstrated the adaptive nature of the reproductive behavior of certain arthropods from one laying to another, in the same female.