Effect of temperature on longevity and productivity in Drosophila ananassae: evidence for adaptive plasticity and trade-off between longevity and productivity.

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The genetic response of body size to temperature in the laboratory provides an interesting example of phenotypic plasticity. We found that females of Drosophila ananassae reared to adulthood at 18 degrees C showed significant increase in body weight as compared to females reared at 25 degrees C. At a given temperature, early productivity and lifetime productivity were the highest when the rearing and test...

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