of polyphenism in animals, from having sex determined by the environment to the castes of honey bees and other social insects. Some polyphenisms are...

landscapes. Among animals, variable snow camouflage is a type of seasonal polyphenism with a distinct winter plumage or pelage. It is found in birds such as...

the number of extra toes of 375 mutant Maine Coon cats were variable (polyphenism) and second, the number of extra toes followed a discontinuous statistical...

colour that a jaguar could have, it would be termed monomorphic. The term polyphenism can be used to clarify that the different forms arise from the same genotype...

generations flying at different seasons of the year (seasonal polymorphism or polyphenism). In some species, the polymorphism is limited to one sex, typically...

of the taxonomic family Acrididae capable of density-dependent phase polyphenism and swarming behavior, potentially inflicting massive damage to crops...

locomotion. Changes in body appearance such as these are sometimes called polyphenism. The common cuttlefish can display 34 chromatic, six textural, eight...

Sound of Locusta migratoria Field recording in the Netherlands 21s Problems playing this file? See media help. The migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)...

Thomisus spectabilis, also known as the white crab spider or Australian crab spider, is a small spider found in Australia and far east Asia. The body length...

Cyclomorphosis (also known as seasonal polyphenism) is the name given to the occurrence of cyclic or seasonal changes in the phenotype of an organism...

strider species, photoperiod has also been shown to be the cause of wing polyphenism, although the specific daylengths changed between species, suggesting...

on the underside of its wings. Commas can exhibit both mimicking and polyphenism, a phenomenon where multiple morphs exist in a population. Due to their...

wild type. Although it is initiated by a point mutation, it occurs as a polyphenism with different numbers of toes. The analysis of the additional toe numbers...

states from one another. accounts for different polymorphism and/or polyphenism in populations, depending on their area of parameter space they occupy...

morphology caused by predator presence is known as predator-induced polyphenism, and occurs across a variety of animals. For example, Daphnia cucullata...

temperatures inducing darker markings. Density is also a common factor in color polyphenism, but it is less important in this species than in many other grasshoppers...

PMID 21232483. Yan, Shuo; Wang, Wan-xing; Shen, Jie (June 2020). "Reproductive polyphenism and its advantages in aphids: Switching between sexual and asexual reproduction"...

reproductive cycle allows them to produce specialized offspring with polyphenism, a type of polymorphism where different phenotypes have evolved to carry...

density-dependent phenotypic plasticity. These changes are examples of phase polyphenism; they were first analysed and described by Boris Uvarov, who was instrumental...

Saccorhiza polyschides. Colonies of M. membranacea show different forms of polyphenism as spines, tower zooids, chimneys and stolons. The eggs of M. membranipora...

2008. Lange, Axel, Nemeschkal, Hans Leo, Müller, Gerd B. (2014) Biased polyphenism in polydactylous cats carrying a single point mutation: the Hemingway...

Nijhout, Hf (January 2003). "Development and Evolution of Adaptive Polyphenisms". Evolution & Development. 5 (1): 9–18. doi:10.1046/j.1525-142X.2003...

few species can produce a soldier caste, other species show extensive polyphenism under different environmental conditions and some can control the sex...

Parnell RS, Grant BS (2008). Humphries S (ed.). "A Reversible Color Polyphenism in American Peppered Moth (Biston betularia cognataria) Caterpillars"...

coloring that ranges from brown to green. This use of coloring is known as polyphenism. Their females typically lay 42± 19 eggs. The female frog lays eggs on...

Retrieved 8 January 2015. Simpson, S.J.; Sword, G.A.; Lo, N. (2011). "Polyphenism in Insects". Current Biology. 21 (18): 738–749. Bibcode:2011CBio...21...

turning either brown in winter or green in summer is called seasonal polyphenism. Because the color of the pupa reflects the color of the deciduous host...

the yellow mottled markings tend to be paler. The butterfly exhibits polyphenism, i.e. there are specific dry-season and wet-season forms which differ...

the common name "armyworm". The caterpillars exhibit density-dependent polyphenism where larvae raised in isolation are green, while those raised in groups...

Desert locusts have a solitary phase and a gregarious phase, a type of polyphenism. Solitary locusts nymphs and adults can behave gregariously within a...