Insect melanism: the molecules matter

By J. True. 2003

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Subfields: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Immunology, Insect Science

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Body melanization and its adaptive role in thermoregulation and tolerance against desiccating conditions in drosophilids (2008, background): “Melanism has evolved independently through diverse mechanisms in various taxa and different ecological factors could be responsible for selective responses (True 2003).”
Influence of diet and photoperiod on development and reproduction of European populations of Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (2008, background): “…the genetic dominance of melanism in H. axyridis (Komai 1956), a potentially higher mating success of H. axyridis melanics in the summer conditions used in the laboratory (Osawa and Nishida 1992), and the reported increase in melanism at high population densities in several insects (True 2003).”
Testing the thermal melanism hypothesis: a macrophysiological approach (2008, background): “…such as camouflage, UV protection and behavioural adjustments may confound existing melanism–temperature relationships in ectotherms (see review in True 2003) and their detection, especially given the relatively small magnitude in body temperature differences found between individuals varying in…”
It is time to bridge the gap between exploring and exploiting: prospects for utilizing intraspecific genetic variation to optimize arthropods for augmentative pest control – a review (2017, background): “Variation in body melanization is common in insects and generally has a large genetic component (True, 2003; Wittkopp & Beldade, 2009; van ‘t Hof & Saccheri, 2010; Ramniwas et al., 2013).”
Dietary protein-quality influences melanization and immune function in an insect. (2008, background): “One aspect of insect colouration that has received much attention from both evolutionary ecologists and physiologists is the expression of dark colouration, that is, melanization (see reviews by Kettlewell 1973; Brakefield 1987; Majerus 1998; True 2003).”
Genetics, development and evolution of adaptive pigmentation in vertebrates (2006, background): “While pigmentation represents a particularly amenable phenotype in which to link phenotypic variation to genes in vertebrates (as is true for the invertebrate pigmentation system (True, 2003) and the anthocyanin pathway in plants (Holton and Cornish, 1995)), analysis of additional traits, including ”