Lifespan after desiccation stress is genetically variable and partially associated to head traits in a set of recombinant lines in Drosophila melanogaster.

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Desiccation stress is one of the most critical stress forms in terrestrial environments under climate change and global warming. To search for genetic variation and any possible associations between lifespan after desiccation and two morphometric traits of head in flies, we used two sets of recombinant inbred lines (RIL) of Drosophila melanogaster. Desiccation survival was measured as lifespan at 25 °C by...

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• Dehydration
• Desiccation
• Drosophila melanogaster
• Genetic Variation
• Head