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Physiology And Genetics Of Starvation-Selected Drosophila Melanogaster, Christopher Michael Hardy
Physiology And Genetics Of Starvation-Selected Drosophila Melanogaster, Christopher Michael Hardy
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In nature, organisms have evolved to survive in stressful environments. This has driven organisms to adopt a wide range of unique adaptations. Investigating the mechanistic basis of these adaptations is an important tool for discovery that has led to major advances in science and medicine.
We study how organisms survive life without food, or starvational stress. Environmental stressors have shaped the quantity and quality of food sources across the globe. This has led to vast differences in the ability of some organisms to tolerate starvation over others. Many researchers have used Drosophila melanogaster as a model to study global patterns …