Developmental plasticity of thermal tolerances in temperate and subtropical populations of Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-216

  Cooper, Brandon S ^a   Tharp, Jeffery M ^a   Jernberg, Isaiah I ^a,b   Angilletta, Michael J ^a,c  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Chill coma recovery; Developmental plasticity; Drosophila melanogaster; Knockdown time; Temperature; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; REARING; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TROPICS; UNITED STATES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84858287274     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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