scholarly journals A STUDY OF ISOENZYME POLYMORPHISM IN EXPERIMENTAL POPULATIONS OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Hereditas ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 263-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIANNE RASMUSON ◽  
BERTIL RASMUSON ◽  
LARS RYNO NILSON
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 20160379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Le Vinh Thuy ◽  
John M. VandenBrooks ◽  
Michael J. Angilletta

We studied the evolution of developmental plasticity in populations of Drosophila melanogaster that evolved at either constant or fluctuating temperatures. Consistent with theory, genotypes that evolved at a constant 16°C or 25°C performed best when raised and tested at that temperature. Genotypes that evolved at fluctuating temperatures performed well at either temperature, but only when raised and tested at the same temperature. Our results confirm evolutionary patterns predicted by theory, including a loss of plasticity and a benefit of specialization in constant environments.


2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 1988-2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoe June Assaf ◽  
Susanne Tilk ◽  
Jane Park ◽  
Mark L. Siegal ◽  
Dmitri A. Petrov

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