Complex patterns of local adaptation in heat tolerance in Drosophila simulans from eastern Australia

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1765-1778

  van Heerwaarden, B ^a   Lee, R F H ^a   Wegener, B ^a   Weeks, A R ^b   Sgró, Carla M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cline; Dynamic; Heat tolerance; Local adaptation; Static

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; GENETIC MARKER; LARVA; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; POLYMORPHISM; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HEAT; HETEROZYGOTE; LARVA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALLELES; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOT TEMPERATURE; LARVA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALIA;

DROSOPHILA SIMULANS;

EID: 84865199166     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02564.x     Document Type: Article

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