Evolution of starvation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster: Measurement of direct and correlated responses to artificial selection

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 378-387

  Schwasinger Schmidt, T E ^a   Kachman, S D ^b   Harshman, L G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Drosophila; Laboratory selection; Movement; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOHYDRATE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOVEMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN; SELECTION; STARVATION; TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84855850758     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02428.x     Document Type: Article

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