Larval responses to environmental ethanol inDrosophila melanogaster: Variation within and among populations
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Behavior Genetics
- Vol. 10 (2), 183-190
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01066268
Abstract
There is a latitudinal cline in attraction to ethanol of newly hatchedD. melanogaster larvae; attraction decreases as one moves from the temperate regions to the Australian tropics. Tropical populations manifest high levels of heterogeneity compared with temperate regions, making tropical populations less dependent on ethanol. Since ethanol is a resource forD. melanogaster, an approach to the genetics of resource utilization in natural populations via behavior genetics of larval ethanol responses is feasible, using isofemale strains as experimental material.Keywords
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