Temperature affects the ontogeny of sexually dimorphic cuticular hydrocarbons in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 3241-3249

  Savarit, Fabrice ^a   Ferveur, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Cuticle; Cuticular hydrocarbon; Drosophila melanogaster; Heat shock; Mate recognition; Ontogeny; Sex difference; Temperature

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HEAT; HYDROCARBONS; KINETICS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036033439     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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