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Changes in body melanisation and desiccation resistance in highland vs. lowland populations of D. melanogaster.

Journal of insect physiology - 1 Jun 2008

Parkash Ravi, Rajpurohit Subhash, Ramniwas Seema

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Wild caught samples of Drosophila melanogaster from five highland localities showed parallel changes in melanisation and desiccation resistance in darker versus lighter phenotypes, i.e. darker flies (>45% melanisation) showed significantly higher desiccation resistance than lighter flies (<30% melanisation). In order to find an association between body melanisation and desiccation resistance, highland and lowland...

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PMID: 18519137
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.04.008

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