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SUBMITTER: Rajpurohit S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5033579 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rajpurohit Subhash S Peterson Lisa Marie LM Orr Andrew J AJ Marlon Anthony J AJ Gibbs Allen G AG
PloS one 20160922 9
We used experimental evolution to test the 'melanism-desiccation' hypothesis, which proposes that dark cuticle in several Drosophila species is an adaptation for increased desiccation tolerance. We selected for dark and light body pigmentation in replicated populations of D. melanogaster and assayed several traits related to water balance. We also scored pigmentation and desiccation tolerance in populations selected for desiccation survival. Populations in both selection regimes showed large dif ...[more]