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Thermal tolerance in widespread and tropical Drosophila species: does phenotypic plasticity increase with latitude?
The American naturalist - 1 Oct 2011
Overgaard Johannes, Kristensen Torsten N, Mitchell Katherine A, Hoffmann Ary A
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of insects can often be related to variation in their response to thermal extremes, which in turn may reflect differences in plastic responses or innate variation in resistance. Species with widespread distributions are expected to have evolved higher levels of plasticity than those from restricted tropical areas. This study compares adult thermal limits across five widespread species and five...
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