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The influence of natural variation at the foraging gene on thermotolerance in adult Drosophila in a narrow temperature range.
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology - 1 Dec 2011
Chen Adam, Kramer Elizabeth F, Purpura Lauren, Krill Jennifer L, Zars Troy, Dawson-Scully Ken
Abstract excerpt
Poikilothermic organisms such as insects have mechanisms to protect neural function under high temperature stress. Natural variation at the foraging (for) locus of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, encoding a cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), influences neural thermotolerance in Drosophila larvae. The current study re-examines thermotolerance of adult flies to account for inconsistencies in the...
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