Evolution: How Fruit Flies Adapt to Seasonal Stresses

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Williams, Karen D ^a   Sokolowski, Marla B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 58349089806     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.035     Document Type: Short Survey

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