Environmental control of ovarian dormancy in natural populations of drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 825-829

  Emerson, Kevin J ^a   Uyemura, Alison M ^a   McDaniel, Keely L ^a   Schmidt, Paul S ^b   Bradshaw, William E ^a   Holzapfel, Christina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diapause; Geographic variation; Life history; Photoperiodism; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLD; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; OVARY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLORIDA; MAINE; OVARY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS;

EID: 69849087729     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0460-5     Document Type: Article

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