... in Drosophila melanogaster . Anoxic coma Laboratory selection Carbon dioxide Adaptation Locomotor behaviour Locomotor recovery Time to immobilization Adult insects have the remarkable ability to survive extended periods of anoxia. Instrumental in this capacity is their ability to enter...

... fullness in fasted fish that were fed to satiation was similar for the selected lines, which does not suggest major changes in appetite. * Author for correspondence ( ianamaral@yahoo.com ) 30 11 2011 2 8 2012 © 2012. 2012 maternal transcripts IGF signalling laboratory...

... evolutionary advantages under varying environmental conditions. Hence we undertook this separate artificial laboratory selection experiment where only flies within the mode of the distribution of emergence were allowed to contribute to the next generation. * Author for correspondence ( vsharma...

... The Company of Biologists Limited 2007 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...

...-dependent degradation of certain protein substrates in vitro requires the molecular chaperone HSC70. J. Biol. Chem. 272 , 9002 -9010. Bettencourt, B. R., Kim, I., Hoffmann, A. A. and Feder, M. E. ( 2002 ). Response to natural and laboratory selection at the Drosophila HSP70 genes. Evolution...

...). Drosophila 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...

... © The Company of Biologists Limited 2001 2001 Drosophila melanogaster water acquisition water partitioning desiccation-resistance carbohydrate hemolymph laboratory selection water balance. Regulation of water content is essential for all organisms. In insects, water can...

...: 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...