Extreme temperatures increase the deleterious consequences of inbreeding under laboratory and semi-natural conditions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1646, 2008, Pages 2055-2061

  Kristensen, Torsten N ^a   Barker, J Stuart F ^b   Pedersen, Kamilla S ^a   Loeschcke, Volker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inbreeding depression; Inbreeding X environment interactions; Phenotypic variance; Semi natural environments; Temperature stress

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FLY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LABORATORY METHOD; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIABILITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FITNESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INBRED STRAIN; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LABORATORY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 47249139007     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0426     Document Type: Article

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