remigis established that the lengths of the somatic and genital components have significant heritabilities and inter-sex additive genetic correlations (Preziosi and Roff 1998; Fairbairn 2007). In addition, full-sib estimates of rA showed the predicted negative correlation with the magnitude of ...
dry habitatgas-exchange patternWe have examined the effects of temperature on metabolic rate and respiratory pattern in the water strider Aquarius remigis. As temperature was increased from 10 to 30 degrees C, the metabolic rate of the insects increased and the respiratory pattern transitioned from ...