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Rejection of the beneficial acclimation hypothesis (BAH) for short term heat acclimation in Drosophila nepalensis.
Genetica - 1 Aug 2020
Ramniwas Seema, Kumar Girish, Singh Divya
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Beneficial acclimation hypothesis (BAH) is the phenotypic plasticity in response to changing environments which enables organisms to enhance their fitness. In recent years, however, BAH has received vigorous criticism and is still debatable. In this study, we tested thermal hardiness phenotypes (melanization, chill coma recovery, heat knockdown and percentage survival) on adult and pre-adult stages of Drosophila...
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