Heat tolerance in Drosophila subobscura along a latitudinal gradient: Contrasting patterns between plastic and genetic responses

Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2721-2734

  Castañeda, Luis E ^a,b   Rezende, Enrico L ^c   Santos, Mauro ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinal patterns; Heat tolerance; Plasticity; Thermal death time curve; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

CLINE; FLY; GENETIC VARIATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; STRESS RESISTANCE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF;

DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CHILE; CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHILE; CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84944166308     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12757     Document Type: Article

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