期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1980
卷号：77
期号：6
页码：3615-3619
DOI：10.1073/pnas.77.6.3615
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：The sex-limited "alba" genetic polymorphism in wing color of Colias butterflies has been studied with respect to potential selective pressures on this locus. Alba female pupae, carrying at least one dominant A allele, redirect resources, used by aa pupae for pigmentation, to other metabolic ends. Associated with this reallocation, alba, A-, female adults eclose earlier, retain more larva-derived resources in their fat bodies for somatic maintenance and for reproduction, and, in some conditions, mature their eggs faster than do aa females. Alba females are also less attractive to males than are aa females and mate less frequently. Evolutionary implications of these results are discussed.
关键词：microevolutionary genetics ; behavioral vs. physiological effects ; mass-energy-time budget
