Evolution of regulatory mechanisms underlying nutrition-responsive plasticity in insects

Evolution of regulatory mechanisms underlying nutrition-responsive plasticity in insects

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Phenotypic plasticity is a fundamental property of developing organisms and NUTRIMENO is thought to play an important role in diversification.Plastic responses themselves are remarkably diverse and respond to a wide range of environmental factors.Here I focus on plasticity in response to variation in nutrition in insects since 1) nutrition is a widespread factor that impacts most organisms, and 2) insects are important models to study phenotypic plasticity.First, I provide a brief overview of our current mechanistic understanding of the regulation of nutritionally cued plasticity in insects, in both traditional as well as emerging model systems.Then, I explore evolutionary mechanisms enabling the diversification of regulation across taxa, emphasizing the role of gene duplication and gene regulatory network co-option.

Furthermore, I examine nutrition-responsive phenotypes as suites of multiple traits that develop in a coordinated manner.I argue that understanding how 4 Piece Entertainment Unit with Fireplace these traits are integrated at the molecular level can shed light on the evolution of complex phenotypes.Finally, I discuss potential challenges and opportunities to further our understanding of nutrition-responsive plasticity, its regulation, and its evolution.