... 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...

... level of energy as a result of a higher expression of igf1a . * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 30 11 2011 2 8 2012 © 2012. 2012 maternal transcripts IGF signalling laboratory selection myogenic regulatory factors domestication...

... ; Hurst, 2009 ). * Author for correspondence ( [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...

... 2007 Drosophila melanogaster laboratory selection thermotolerance knockdown critical thermal maximum thermolimit respirometry metabolic rate Q 10 Virtually all organisms have evolved physiological, behavioral and developmental programs, as well as life history strategies...

... 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...

... blood volume and an enhanced ability to resist stress of desiccation early in adulthood. We noted that flies from our laboratory-selected populations were capable of flight within 2 h following adult eclosion; hence, we predicted that diuresis would not continue past 4 h post-eclosion. Flies from...

...: Department of Biology, NS IV, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. 09 04 1997 ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1997 desiccation fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster water balance evolution cuticular lipid laboratory selection One of the most important...