Variability in thermal and phototactic preferences in Drosophila may reflect an adaptive bet-hedging strategy

Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3171-3185

  Kain, Jamey S ^a   Zhang, Sarah ^a   Akhund Zade, Jamilla ^b   Samuel, Aravinthan D T ^b,c   Klein, Mason ^b,c,d   de Bivort, Benjamin L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary strategy; Heritability; Personality; Phototaxis; Thermotaxis; Variation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FLY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; PHOTOTAXIS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84955201222     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12813     Document Type: Article

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