Exaggerated Traits in Arthropod
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Other Arthropods and General Topics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 1092
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The exaggerated morphologies of insects, such as elongated mandibles and horns in beetles, the forelegs of mantises, and the hindlegs of grasshoppers, have long attracted biologists. These disproportionately enlarged characters are the morphological adaptations to diverse ecological contexts, for example, sexual selection, predation, defense, and locomotor ability.
Exaggerated traits possessed only by one sex are mostly considered as the consequences of sexual selection. On the other hand, the traits related to predation and defense, including forelegs in Mantis and spikes in Daphnia, are the result of natural selection. The ecological significance of these exaggerated traits is revealed by morphological and behavioral considerations with reference to sex-, environment-, and -species specific functions and expression. Additionally, the evolutionary process of these exaggerated traits is beginning to be revealed by eco-evo-devo approaches based on developmental, transcriptomic, and genomic studies. To understand the evolution of exaggerated traits, this Special Issue wishes to cover all aspects, ranging from DNA to ecological, of all kinds of exaggerated traits in arthropod. Both original research articles and review papers are welcome. I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Masako Katsuki
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- allometry
- feeding
- locomotion
- predation
- phenotype
- resource allocation
- sexual selection
- weapon
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