Levels of variation in stress resistance in Drosophila among strains, local populations, and geographic regions: Patterns for desiccation, starvation, cold resistance, and associated traits

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1621-1630

  Hoffmann, Ary A ^a   Hallas, R ^a   Sinclair, C ^a   Mitrovski, P ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Correlation; Drosophila; Geographic comparisons; Isofemale strains; Lipids; Population variation; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

CLINE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; TOLERANCE;

AUSTRALIA;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0034795124     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00681.x     Document Type: Article

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