Using laboratory selection for desiccation resistance to examine the relationship between respiratory pattern and water loss in insects

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 2945-2952

  Williams, Adrienne E ^a,b   Rose, Michael R ^a   Bradley, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation resistance; Discontinuous gas exchange cycle; Drosophila melanogaster; Selection; Water loss

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DESICCATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DESICCATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032213137     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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