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_id: '4296'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Three replicate lines of Drosophila melanogaster were cultured at each of
two temperatures (16.5⚬C and 25⚬C) in population cages for 4 yr. The lifespans
of both sexes and the fecundity and fertility of the females were then measured
at both experimental temperatures. The characters showed evidence of adaptation;
flies of both sexes from each selection regime showed higher longevity, and females
showed higher fecundity and fertility, than flies from the other selection regime
when they were tested at the experimental temperature at which they had evolved.
Calculation of intrinsic rates of increase under different assumptions about the
rate of population increase showed that the difference between the lines from
the two selection regimes became less the higher the rate of population increase,
because the lines were more similar in early adulthood than they were later. Despite
the increased adaptation of the low-temperature lines to the low temperature,
like the high temperature lines they produced progeny at a higher rate at the
higher temperature. The lines may have independently evolved adaptations to their
respective thermal regimes during the experiment, or there may have been a trade-off
between adaptation to the two temperatures, or mutation pressure may have lowered
adaptation to the temperature that the flies no longer encountered.
acknowledgement: We thank Natural Environment Research Council and the Royal Society
for financial support.
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author:
- first_name: Linda
full_name: Partridge, Linda
last_name: Partridge
- first_name: Brian
full_name: Barrie, Brian
last_name: Barrie
- first_name: Nicholas H
full_name: Barton, Nicholas H
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last_name: Barton
orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240
- first_name: Kevin
full_name: Fowler, Kevin
last_name: Fowler
- first_name: Vernon
full_name: French, Vernon
last_name: French
citation:
ama: Partridge L, Barrie B, Barton NH, Fowler K, French V. Rapid laboratory evolution
of adult life history traits in Drosophila melanogaster in response to temperature.
Evolution. 1995;49(3):538-544. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1995.tb02285.x
apa: Partridge, L., Barrie, B., Barton, N. H., Fowler, K., & French, V. (1995).
Rapid laboratory evolution of adult life history traits in Drosophila melanogaster
in response to temperature. Evolution. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1995.tb02285.x
chicago: Partridge, Linda, Brian Barrie, Nicholas H Barton, Kevin Fowler, and Vernon
French. “Rapid Laboratory Evolution of Adult Life History Traits in Drosophila
Melanogaster in Response to Temperature.” Evolution. Wiley-Blackwell, 1995.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1995.tb02285.x.
ieee: L. Partridge, B. Barrie, N. H. Barton, K. Fowler, and V. French, “Rapid laboratory
evolution of adult life history traits in Drosophila melanogaster in response
to temperature,” Evolution, vol. 49, no. 3. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 538–544,
1995.
ista: Partridge L, Barrie B, Barton NH, Fowler K, French V. 1995. Rapid laboratory
evolution of adult life history traits in Drosophila melanogaster in response
to temperature. Evolution. 49(3), 538–544.
mla: Partridge, Linda, et al. “Rapid Laboratory Evolution of Adult Life History
Traits in Drosophila Melanogaster in Response to Temperature.” Evolution,
vol. 49, no. 3, Wiley-Blackwell, 1995, pp. 538–44, doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1995.tb02285.x.
short: L. Partridge, B. Barrie, N.H. Barton, K. Fowler, V. French, Evolution 49
(1995) 538–544.
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:08:06Z
date_published: 1995-06-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-06-13T08:42:11Z
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doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1995.tb02285.x
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page: 538 - 544
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publication: Evolution
publication_identifier:
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title: Rapid laboratory evolution of adult life history traits in Drosophila melanogaster
in response to temperature
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