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Drosophila mitotypes determine developmental time in a diet and temperature dependent manner.
Journal of insect physiology - 1 Jul 2017
Towarnicki Samuel G, Ballard J William O
Abstract excerpt
It is well known that specific mitochondrial (mt) DNA mutations can reduce organismal fitness and influence mitochondrial-nuclear interactions. However, determining specific mtDNA mutations that are beneficial has been elusive. In this study, we vary the diet and environmental temperature to study larval development time of two Drosophila melanogaster mitotypes (Alstonville and Dahomey), in two nuclear genetic...
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