Clinal variation in post-winter male fertility retention; An adaptive overwintering strategy in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2438-2444

  Rako, L ^a   Poulsen, N A ^b   Shirriffs, J ^a   Hoffmann, A A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Cline; Drosophila; Male fertility; Overwintering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLINE; DIAPAUSE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FERTILITY; FLY; MALE BEHAVIOR; OVERWINTERING;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 72449202001     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01852.x     Document Type: Article

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