Experimental evolution under fluctuating thermal conditions does not reproduce patterns of adaptive clinal differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster

American Naturalist

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 582-593

  Kellermann, Vanessa ^a,b   Hoffmann, Ary A ^c   Kristensen, Torsten Nygaard ^d   Moghadam, Neda Nasiri ^a   Loeschcke, Volker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Experimental evolution; Fluctuating temperature; Laboratory natural selection; Latitudinal gradient; Thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; LABORATORY METHOD; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NATURAL SELECTION; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; SELECTION, GENETIC; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84945380572     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/683252     Document Type: Article

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