Influence of temperature on the inheritance of adult life span in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1111/j.1601-5223.1990.tb00049.x

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Influence of temperature on the inheritance of adult life span in Drosophila melanogaster.

Hereditas - 1 Jan 1990

Yonemura I, Abe M, Ishidate R, Ishiyama T, Motoyama T, Hasekura H, Boettcher B

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Mating experiments were performed at 27 degrees C, 22 degrees C, and 17 degrees C, to investigate the inheritance of adult life span of highly inbred strains of Drosophila melanogaster. Effects of temperature difference were quantitatively analyzed at the genotypic level. In the temperature range...

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Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genotype
Life Expectancy
Male
Temperature

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