Relationship between Cold Stupor and Cold Tolerance in Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1297-1302

  Hori, Yuko ^a   Kimura, Masahito T ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Cold stupor; Cold tolerance; Drosophila; Genetics

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA LUTESCENS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA TAKAHASHII; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0000124661     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.6.1297     Document Type: Article

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