Publication: A fungal parasite selects against body size but not fluctuating asymmetry in Swiss subalpine yellow dung flies
A fungal parasite selects against body size but not fluctuating asymmetry in Swiss subalpine yellow dung flies
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Blanckenhorn, W. U. (2021). A fungal parasite selects against body size but not fluctuating asymmetry in Swiss subalpine yellow dung flies. Alpine Entomology, 5, 27–35. https://doi.org/10.3897/alpento.5.65653
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Evidence for selective disadvantages of large body size remains scarce in general. Previous studies of the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria have demonstrated strong positive sexual and fecundity selection on male and female size. Nevertheless, the body size of flies from a Swiss study population has declined by ~10% 1993–2009. Given substantial heritability of body size, this negative evolutionary response of an evidently positively selected trait suggests important selective factors being missed. An episodic epidemic outbreak
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Blanckenhorn, W. U. (2021). A fungal parasite selects against body size but not fluctuating asymmetry in Swiss subalpine yellow dung flies. Alpine Entomology, 5, 27–35. https://doi.org/10.3897/alpento.5.65653
