@article{fdi:010046121,
  title = {{D}eciphering morphology in {T}riatominae : the evolutionary signals},
  author = {{D}ujardin, {J}ean-{P}ierre and {C}osta, {J}. and {B}ustamante, {D}. and {J}aramillo, {N}. and {C}atala, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}any species of {T}riatominae show evidence for morphological plasticity. {F}requent taxonomic questions arose from this variability leading to disputes about describing new subspecies, species or even genera. {W}e suggest this phenotypic flexibility is primarily an intraspecific feature, but with potential for evolutionary changes. {W}e present arguments for a selection regime leading to the separation of species having low developmental canalization into morphologically distinct ecotypes. {W}e suggest that these ecotypes, or morphs, or forms, may have evolutionary importance even if gene flow still exists between them. {T}hus, although we consider the morphological plasticity of {T}riatominae as an intraspecific trait, we defend the idea that it might represent a common evolutionary route to new species. {S}peciation processes in {T}riatominae could result from disruptive selection regimes combined with weak developmental canalization. {A}dded to this basic pattern, accidental events could hasten evolutionary change. {W}e suggest the heterosis as one of them.},
  keywords = {{T}riatominae ; {Q}uantitative morphology ; {S}peciation ; {P}henotypic plasticity ; {C}analization ; {D}isruptive selection},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}cta {T}ropica},
  volume = {110},
  numero = {2-3},
  pages = {101--111},
  ISSN = {0001-706{X}},
  year = {2009},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.09.026},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010046121},
}