Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying Developmental Plasticity in Horned Beetles

<table>Differences among four <i>Onthophagus </i>species in the range of nutrition-mediated plasticity in male horn expression. Shown are the scaling relationships between body size (<i>X</i>-axis) and horn length (<i>Y</i>-axis). Patterns of nutritional plasticity in horn expression range from minimal and linear (<i>O. sagittarius</i>) and modestly sigmoidal (<i>O. gazella</i>) to strongly sigmoidal with species-specific differences in amplitude (<i>O. taurus</i> and <i>O. nigriventris</i>).</table>

Genetics Research International

fig3

Figure 3

Figure 3: Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying Developmental Plasticity in Horned Beetles 