TY - JOUR
AU1 - Mousseau, Timothy A.
AB - Evolution. 51 (2), 1997. pp. 630-632 TIMOTHY A. MOUSSEAU Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 E-mail,' mousseau@cricket.biol.sc.edu Key words.-Altitude, Bergmann's Rule, body size, ectotherms, insect, latitude. Received September 3, 1996. Accepted November 20, 1996. In a recent paper, Van Voorhies (1996) suggested that Berg­ similar pattern of decreasing size with increasing latitude. mann size clines in ectotherms might result from develop­ Thus, there is strong empirical evidence that refutes the Berg­ mental processes that cause cells to grow larger at lower mann's Rule paradigm, and in fact points to a converse of temperatures. Van Voorhies (1996) found that when Cae­ Bergmann's Rule for ectotherms, as has been suggested by Masaki and others (Masaki 1978; Roff 1980, 1986; Scott and norhabditis elegans was grown at cool temperatures cell sizes were larger than control groups reared in a warmer environ­ Dingle 1990). ment, and that this observation may be generally true for There is a second line of evidence that refutes the appli­ other ectotherms (e.g., nematode egg size and fish red blood cability of Bergmann's Rule to ectotherms, that also points cells). This is an interesting observation that may play an to the developmental 
TI - ECTOTHERMS FOLLOW THE CONVERSE TO BERGMANN'S RULE
JF - Evolution
DO - 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb02453.x
DA - 1997-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/ectotherms-follow-the-converse-to-bergmann-s-rule-Inrnu006VL
SP - 630
EP - 632
VL - 51
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -