Plasticity of life-cycle, physiological thermal traits and Hsp70 gene expression in an insect along the ontogeny: Effect of temperature variability

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 355-362

  Belén Arias, María ^a   Josefina Poupin, María ^a   Lardies, Marco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chill coma; Complex life cycle; Development plasticity; Recovery time; Thermotolerance; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; HEAT TOLERANCE; HSP70 GENE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 79960991083     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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