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Fig. 3

From: Conserved patterns of integrated developmental plasticity in a group of polyphenic tropical butterflies

Fig. 3

Effects of developmental temperature on relative fat content (a) and abdomen mass (b). The mean value is plotted as a function of temperature and these representations, called reaction norms, are the standard way of displaying plasticity. Panel a shows the relative fat content in males from M. perseoides (filled symbols) and M. mineus, (open symbols). Panel b represents the relative investment in abdomen mass by females from H. iboina (open symbols) and B. safitza (filled symbols). Statistical significance for effects of temperature on the life history trait is indicated to the left of each reaction norm: ns (non-significant) = P > 0.05 and *** = p < 0.001. Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals and significant differences across the temperature treatments (Tukey’s HSD, p < 0.05) are indicated by different letters, coding for each species separately. All minimum adequate models and reaction norm representations are presented in the supplementary materials

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