Article
Genotype-specific responses of fluctuating asymmetry and of preadult survival to the effects of lead and temperature stress in Drosophila melanogaster.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) - 1 Jan 2004
Polak Michal, Kroeger David E, Cartwright Iain L, Ponce deLeon Claudia
Abstract excerpt
Although fluctuating asymmetry (FA) increases with exposure to certain types of environmental stressors such as temperature extremes, relatively little is known about the effects of interaction (e.g., synergism) between known sources of environmental stress on FA. Knowledge of such interaction effects, and of the magnitude of genotype-by-environment interaction, are of fundamental importance toward predicting the...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Environmental Exposure
- Environmental Monitoring
- Genes, Insect
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Hot Temperature
- Larva
- Lead
- Lead Poisoning
- Morphogenesis