2022
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1395448/v1
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Transgenerational effects of pest management strategy on fluctuating asymmetry in the European earwig Forficula auricularia: Being the progeny of a mother who lived in conventional orchards makes you more asymmetric than having a mother who lived in insecticide free orchards.

Abstract: Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), defined as the random non-directional deviation from perfect bilateral symmetry, is considered to reflect developmental instability in bilaterally symmetrical organisms. It has been commonly used as a reliable biomarker of environmental stresses in natural populations. In agroecosystems, FA may arise through transgenerational influence of insecticides. We measured fluctuating asymmetry on unexposed progeny of Forficula auricularia mothers sampled in orchards that used no to frequent… Show more

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