Heat induced male sterility in Drosophila melanogaster: Adaptive genetic variations among geographic populations and role of the Y chromosome

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 2735-2743

  Rohmer, Céline ^a   David, Jean R ^a   Moreteau, Brigitte ^a   Joly, Dominique ^a  

^a France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Climatic adaptation; Drosophila; Geographic race; Heat stress; Heat tolerance; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VARIATION (GENETICS); Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 4344693428     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01087     Document Type: Article

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