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PHENOTYPIC CORRELATION STRUCTURE AMONG ELEMENTS OF THE COLOR PATTERN IN PRECIS COENIA (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE).

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Paulsen, SM; Nijhout, HF
Published in: Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
April 1993

The component parts of butterfly wing patterns are arranged in sets of serially homologous pattern elements, repeated from wing cell to wing cell. Measurements were made on the sizes and positions of these elements on two successive, independent, sets of specimens in order to elucidate the phenotypic correlation structure among pattern elements. That portion of the correlation between measures due to overall size variation was accounted for through two alternate methods: multiple regression on two vein length measures, which represent wing size, and a Wright-style factor analysis. The sizes of pattern elements belonging to a homologous series were found to be significantly correlated whereas those of non-homologous elements varied independently. The degree of correlation among homologs varied, and, in the case of eyespot sizes, appeared to be inversely related to the degree of their morphological divergence. Although not correlated in size, the positions of non-homologous elements that lie within the same wing cell are moderately correlated. The results support current developmental models for the ontogeny of butterfly color pattern.

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Evolution; international journal of organic evolution

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EISSN

1558-5646

ISSN

0014-3820

Publication Date

April 1993

Volume

47

Issue

2

Start / End Page

593 / 618

Related Subject Headings

  • Evolutionary Biology
  • 3104 Evolutionary biology
  • 3103 Ecology
  • 0603 Evolutionary Biology
  • 0602 Ecology
 

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Paulsen, S. M., & Nijhout, H. F. (1993). PHENOTYPIC CORRELATION STRUCTURE AMONG ELEMENTS OF THE COLOR PATTERN IN PRECIS COENIA (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE). Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution, 47(2), 593–618. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1993.tb02115.x
Paulsen, Susan M., and H Frederik Nijhout. “PHENOTYPIC CORRELATION STRUCTURE AMONG ELEMENTS OF THE COLOR PATTERN IN PRECIS COENIA (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE).Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution 47, no. 2 (April 1993): 593–618. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1993.tb02115.x.
Paulsen SM, Nijhout HF. PHENOTYPIC CORRELATION STRUCTURE AMONG ELEMENTS OF THE COLOR PATTERN IN PRECIS COENIA (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE). Evolution; international journal of organic evolution. 1993 Apr;47(2):593–618.
Paulsen, Susan M., and H. Frederik Nijhout. “PHENOTYPIC CORRELATION STRUCTURE AMONG ELEMENTS OF THE COLOR PATTERN IN PRECIS COENIA (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE).Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution, vol. 47, no. 2, Apr. 1993, pp. 593–618. Epmc, doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1993.tb02115.x.
Paulsen SM, Nijhout HF. PHENOTYPIC CORRELATION STRUCTURE AMONG ELEMENTS OF THE COLOR PATTERN IN PRECIS COENIA (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE). Evolution; international journal of organic evolution. 1993 Apr;47(2):593–618.
Journal cover image

Published In

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution

DOI

EISSN

1558-5646

ISSN

0014-3820

Publication Date

April 1993

Volume

47

Issue

2

Start / End Page

593 / 618

Related Subject Headings

  • Evolutionary Biology
  • 3104 Evolutionary biology
  • 3103 Ecology
  • 0603 Evolutionary Biology
  • 0602 Ecology