Seasonal variation in wing size and shape of Drosophila melanogaster reveals rapid adaptation to environmental changes.

ABSTRACT: Populations in seasonal fluctuating environments receive multiple environmental cues and must deal with this heterogenic environment to survive and reproduce. An enlarged literature shows that this situation can be resolved through rapid adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster populations. Long-term monitoring of a population in its natural habitat and quantitative measurement of its responses to seasonal environmental changes are important for understanding the adaptive response of D. melanogaster to temporal variable selection. Here, we use inbred lines of a D. melanogaster population collected at monthly intervals between May to October over a temporal scale spanning three consecutive years to understand the variation in wing size and wing shape over these timepoints. The wing size and sh

SUBMITTER: Onder BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9418266 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature