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First published online August 17, 2006
Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 3293-3300 (2006)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2006
doi: 10.1242/jeb.02397
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Selection for desiccation resistance in adult Drosophila melanogaster affects larval development and metabolite accumulation

Eran Gefen*, Anthony J. Marlon and Allen G. Gibbs

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004, USA


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  		Fig. 1. Larval wet mass (mean ± s.e.m.; mg) of desiccation selected (D), and starved (S) and fed (F) controls as a function of developmental time. Crosses indicate mean wet masses of wandering larvae at the estimated time of 50% pupation.

 

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  		Fig. 2. Larval dry mass (mean ± s.e.m.; mg) of desiccation selected (D), and starved (S) and fed (F) controls as a function of developmental time. Crosses indicate mean dry masses of wandering larvae at the estimated time of 50% pupation.

 

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  		Fig. 3. Second molt rates, expressed as the percentage (± s.e.m.) of third instar larvae from the sampled population, as a function of developmental time. D, desiccation selected; S, starved and F, fed controls.

 

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  		Fig. 4. Mean rates of larvae commitment to pupation, of desiccation selected (D), and starved (S) and fed (F) controls expressed as percentages (± s.e.m.), as a function of developmental time. *P<0.05.

 

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  		Fig. 5. Pupation rates (mean ± s.e.m.) of desiccation selected (D), and starved (S) and fed (F) controls as a function of developmental time. **P<0.001.

 




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