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"An Evolutionary No Man’S Land" And "Reply From L. G. Harshman And A. A. Hoffmann", Margarida Matos, André Levy, Henrique Teotónio, Michael R. Rose, Lawrence G. Harshman, Ary A. Hoffmann
"An Evolutionary No Man’S Land" And "Reply From L. G. Harshman And A. A. Hoffmann", Margarida Matos, André Levy, Henrique Teotónio, Michael R. Rose, Lawrence G. Harshman, Ary A. Hoffmann
Lawrence G. Harshman Publications
The gap between evolutionary studies in laboratory versus natural populations is a persistent problem.
Oxidative Stress Resistance: A Robust Correlated Response To Selection In Extended Longevity Lines Of Drosophila Melanogaster?, Lawrence G. Harshman, Beth A. Haberer
Oxidative Stress Resistance: A Robust Correlated Response To Selection In Extended Longevity Lines Of Drosophila Melanogaster?, Lawrence G. Harshman, Beth A. Haberer
Lawrence G. Harshman Publications
Stress resistance is associated with longevity in Drosophila melanogaster and other model organisms used for genetic research. The present study tests for oxidative stress resistance in one set of lines selected for late-life reproduction and extended longevity. Both females and males from the selected lines were appreciably more resistant to oxidative stress than were flies from the control lines. A relative increase in oxidative stress resistance is a correlated response to selection in this laboratory selection experiment. Increased oxidative stress resistance appears to be a relatively robust correlated response to laboratory selection for late-life reproduction and extended longevity.