Temperature-size rule is mediated by thermal plasticity of critical size in Drosophila melanogaster

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1760, 2013, Pages

  Ghosh, Shampa M ^a   Testa, Nicholas D ^a   Shingleton, Alexander W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical size; Drosophila; Growth duration; Growth rate; Temperature size rule; Thermal plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FLY; GROWTH RATE; MOTH; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 84879040882     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0174     Document Type: Review

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