Température et plasticité du chromatisme de la coquille chez le mollusque pulmoné Helix aspersa

Autor: Jacques Daguzan, Odile Lecompte, Luc Madec
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series III - Sciences de la Vie. 321:649-654
ISSN: 0764-4469
DOI: 10.1016/s0764-4469(98)80004-8
Popis: Phenotypic plasticity of shell pigmentation in the land snail Helix aspersa was investigated with the help of image processing followed by pixel counting for each colour present on the shell. Thus, the use of three different growth temperatures under artificial conditions showed, for the two subspecies considered, a continuous colour gradient from red to dark of the shell banding. Darker pigmentation characterized low temperatures while red bands were related to the higher temperature (25 °C). No interpretable difference appeared between the two forms.
Databáze: OpenAIRE