... or large cells; small cells facilitate transport during peaks in metabolic demand whereas large cells minimize the resources needed for homeoviscous adaptation. To explore this problem, we examined effects of thermal fluctuations during development on the size of epidermal cells in the wings of Drosophila...

... No competing interests declared. 5 9 2012 5 2 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 cold acclimation cryoprotection gene expression heat shock protein homeoviscous adaptation membrane phospholipid rapid cold hardening Low temperature...

...-mail: [email protected] ) 25 1 2008 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2008 2008 genetically based intraspecific variation growth temperature adaptation scope for growth lipid remodelling homeoviscous adaptation mollusc aquaculture The physiological components regulating...

..., the unsaturation index did not increase with decreasing temperature beyond a threshold attained at 9°C whereas a perfect negative relationship was observed in gills, as predicted by homeoviscous adaptation. The presence of digestive enzymes and acids in the digestive gland microenvironment may lead to specific...

... by remodeling membrane lipids as stipulated in the homeoviscous adaptation theory (HVA). Hard clams, Mercenaria mercenaria , can suffer high overwintering mortalities in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada. The selectively bred M. mercenaria var. notata can have higher overwintering mortalities than the wild...

... differences in order that are consistent with homeoviscous adaptation and suggest winter-acclimatization to mean T b values and summer-acclimatization to upper extreme T b values or to large cyclic thermal fluctuations, despite repeated resubmergence in sea water at 10 °C during both seasons. Phospholipid...

... are consistent with a model of increased membrane fluidity resulting in reduced pressure sensitivity of Na + /K + -ATPase from deep-sea species. 23 01 1989 © 1989 by Company of Biologists 1989 deep sea homeoviscous adaptation Na + /K + -ATPase pressure. Pressure provides a unique...