Evolution of starvation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster: Aspects of metabolism and counter-impact selection

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1679-1685

  Harshman, Lawrence G ^a   Schmid, Jeana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Drosophila melanogaster; Intermediary metabolism enzymes; Metabolic rate; Starvation; Starvation resistance; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; STARVATION; TOLERANCE;

CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032424626     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb02247.x     Document Type: Article

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