Direct and correlated responses to laboratory selection for body melanisation in drosophila melanogaster: Support for the melanisation- desiccation resistance hypothesis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1244-1254

  Ramniwas, Seema ^a   Kajla, Babita ^a   Dev, Kapil ^a   Parkash, Ravi ^a  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abdominal melanisation; Artificial selection experiment; Correlated responses; Desiccation resistance; Drosophila melanogaster

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84876153077     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.076166     Document Type: Article

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