Variation in adult life history and stress resistance across five species of Drosophila

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-205

  Bharathi, N Sharmila ^a   Prasad, N G ^a,c   Shakarad, Mallikarjun ^b   Joshi, Amitabh ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b POORNAPRAJNA INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Drosophila; Fecundity; Glycogen; Laboratory adaptation; Life history evolution; Lifespan; Lipid; Sexual dimorphism; Starvation

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCOGEN; LIPID;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESICCATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA ANANASSAE; DROSOPHILA IMMIGRANS; DROSOPHILA MALERKOTLIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA NASUTA; DROSOPHILA NASUTA NASUTA; DROSOPHILA SULFURIGASTER NEONASUTA; DRY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LABORATORY; LIFE; LIFESPAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STARVATION; STRESS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA ANANASSAE; DROSOPHILA IMMIGRANS; DROSOPHILA MALERKOTLIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA NASUTA; DROSOPHILA NEONASUTA; DROSOPHILA SULFURIGASTER; IMMIGRANS GROUP; MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER GROUP;

EID: 2442618893     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02715818     Document Type: Article

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