SELECTION FOR KNOCKDOWN RESISTANCE TO HEAT IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AT HIGH AND LOW LARVAL DENSITIES
- 1 April 1998
- Vol. 52 (2), 619-625
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb01661.x
Abstract
Responses to short-term selection for knockdown resistance to heat (37°C) in Drosophila melanogaster reared under stressful (high larval density) and nonstressful (low larval density) conditions were compared. No difference in selection response between density treatments was found. A test of heat resistance (39°C) after pretreatment (37°C) did not reveal an increase in survival for selected lines as compared to controls. Flies reared at high density had higher knockdown resistance throughout the experiment. Resistance to heat was not associated with body size.Keywords
Funding Information
- Danish Natural Science Research Council (94-0163-1)
- ESF Programme in Population Biology
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