Physiological mechanisms of evolved desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1821-1832

  Gibbs, Allen G ^a   Chippindale, Adam K ^a,b   Rose, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticular lipid; Desiccation; Drosophila melanogaster; Evolution; Fruit fly; Laboratory selection; Water balance

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEHYDRATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; DEHYDRATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIPIDS; MALE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031171712     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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