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Latitudinal clines in heat tolerance, protein synthesis rate and transcript level of a candidate gene in Drosophila melanogaster.
Journal of insect physiology - 1 Jan 2014
Cockerell Fiona E, Sgrò Carla M, McKechnie Stephen W
Abstract excerpt
The occurrence of climatic adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster is highlighted by the presence of latitudinal clines in several quantitative traits, particularly clines in adult heat knockdown tolerance that is higher in tropical populations. However the presence of latitudinal patterns in physiological characteristics that may underlie these traits have rarely been assessed. Protein synthesis has been...
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