... for nearly 40 years has resulted in fast and consistent locomotor recovery from anoxia in Drosophila melanogaster . Anoxic coma Laboratory selection Carbon dioxide Adaptation Locomotor behaviour Locomotor recovery Time to immobilization Adult insects have the remarkable ability...

... generations (Lankford et al., 2001 ; Chiba et al., 2007). maternal transcripts IGF signalling laboratory selection myogenic regulatory factors domestication © 2012. 2012 30 11 2011 2 8 2012 * Author for correspondence ([email protected]) REFERENCES Aegerter...

... ([email protected]) 30 4 2012 3 7 2012 © 2012. 2012 Drosophila laboratory selection adult emergence circadian rhythm precision In fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster , the act of emergence of adults from the pupal case is ‘gated’. Every day, adults emerge in large...

... of Biologists Limited 2007 2007 Drosophila melanogaster laboratory selection thermotolerance knockdown critical thermal maximum thermolimit respirometry metabolic rate Q 10 References Berrigan, D. (2000). Correlations between measures of thermal stress resistance within and between...

... for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) 31 7 2006 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 Drosophila melanogaster laboratory selection knockdown thermotolerance heat-shock response HSC70 HSP70 Most organisms in nature are exposed chronically to fluctuating environmental...

... melanogaster desiccation resistance laboratory selection physiology dehydration tolerance Insects in arid environments face the challenge of evaporative water loss owing to their small size and high surface area:volume ratio(Hadley, 1994 ; Schmidt-Neilson, 1990 ; Williams et al., 1998). This has...

... was supplied) at the same time that its paired D population was released from the d selection treatment. Following the period of selection and subsequent replenishment, eggs were collected from all C and D populations for rearing of, and laboratory selection on, the next generation. Prior to all...

... ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1997 desiccation fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster water balance evolution cuticular lipid laboratory selection One of the most important environmental stresses facing insects in nature is desiccation. The small size (and therefore large...