An Experimental Evolution Test of the Relationship between Melanism and Desiccation Survival in Insects

We used experimental evolution to test the ‘melanism-desiccation’ hypothesis, which proposes that dark cuticle in several Drosophila species is an adaptation for increased desiccation tolerance. We selected for dark and light body pigmentation in replicated populations of D. melanogaster and assayed...

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Autores principales: Rajpurohit, Subhash, Peterson, Lisa Marie, Orr, Andrew J., Marlon, Anthony J., Gibbs, Allen G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5033579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27658246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163414

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5033579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27658246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163414

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