Adaptive associations between total body color dimorphism and climatic stress-related traits in a stenothermal circumtropical Drosophila species

Insect Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 247-262

  Parkash, Ravi ^a   Chahal, Jyoti ^a   Sharma, Vineeta ^a   Dev, Kapil ^a  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Assortative matings; Cold tolerance; Dark and the light morph; Desiccation resistance; Drosophila ananassae; Seasonal adaptations

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA ANANASSAE;

EID: 84859422401     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2011.01426.x     Document Type: Article

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