Sex-specific responses to cold in a very cold-tolerant, northern Drosophila species.

Abstract excerpt

Organisms can plastically alter resource allocation in response to changing environmental factors. For example, in harsh conditions, organisms are expected to shift investment from reproduction toward survival; however, the factors and mechanisms that govern the magnitude of such shifts are relatively poorly studied. Here we compared the impact of cold on males and females of the highly cold-tolerant species...

Topics

• Animals
• Cold Temperature
• Drosophila
• Female
• Male
• Phenotype
• Reproduction
• Sex Characteristics
• Transcriptome