Larval tolerance in the Drosophila melanogaster species complex toward the two toxic acids of the D. sechellia host plant.

doi:10.1111/j.1601-5223.1998.00007.x

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Larval tolerance in the Drosophila melanogaster species complex toward the two toxic acids of the D. sechellia host plant.

Hereditas - 1 Jan 1998

Amlou M, Moreteau B, David J R

Abstract excerpt

The toxicity of hexanoic (C6) and octanoic (C8) acids, the two major components of the host plant of Drosophila sechellia, was investigated upon larvae of the four species included in the D. melanogaster complex and on interspecific hybrids between D. sechellia and D. simulans. Specific methods h...

Topics

Animals
Caproates
Caprylates
Drosophila
Drosophila melanogaster
Genotype
Larva
Plants
Species Specificity

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