Desiccation and starvation resistance in Drosophila: Patterns of variation at the species, population and intrapopulation levels

Heredity

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 637-643

  Hoffmann, Ary A ^a   Harshman, Lawrence G ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Laboratory selection; Life history; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS TOLERANCE;

DESICCATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; STARVATION; STRESS RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; DEHYDRATION; DROSOPHILA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; POPULATION; STARVATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033451540     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1999.00649.x     Document Type: Review

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