Atmospheric hypoxia limits selection for large body size in insects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Klok, C Jaco ^a   Harrison, Jon F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEREDITY; HYPOXIA; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PHANEROZOIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRIASSIC; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

OXYGEN;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; BODY SIZE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTS; OXYGEN;

EID: 58149465372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003876     Document Type: Article

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