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The Effects Of Starvation Selection On Drosophila Melanogaster Life History And Development, Lauren A. Reynolds
The Effects Of Starvation Selection On Drosophila Melanogaster Life History And Development, Lauren A. Reynolds
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In nature, animals may endure periods of famine to complete their life cycles. Starvation stress will increase in populations as climates around the world change. To predict how populations may respond to such a stress, laboratory experimentation becomes essential. The evolutionary process of adaptation, its innovations and their trade-offs, can be studied in populations experiencing starvation stress. For this purpose outbred populations ofDrosophila melanogasterwere selected for starvation resistance in the laboratory.
After 60+ generations of starvation selection the starvation-selected flies have gone from surviving 2-3 days without food to 12-14 days without food. How this amazing feat of resistance is …