Variation in senescence and associated traits between sympatric cactophilic sibling species of Drosophila

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 915-930

  Sambucetti, Pablo ^a   Sørensen, Jesper G ^b   Loeschcke, V ^b   Norry, Fabian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age specific senescence rate; Body size; Drosophila; Early fecundity; Genotype x temperature interaction; Heat stress resistance; Hsp70 expression

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; DROSOPHILA BUZZATII; DROSOPHILA KOEPFERAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA CACTI;

EID: 26444445749     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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