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Review: Thermal preference in Drosophila.

TitleReview: Thermal preference in Drosophila.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsDillon ME, Wang G, Garrity PA, Huey RB
JournalJournal of thermal biology
Volume34
Issue3
Pagination109-119
Date Published2009 Apr 1
ISSN0306-4565
Abstract

<p>Environmental temperature strongly affects physiology of ectotherms. Small ectotherms, like Drosophila, cannot endogenously regulate body temperature so must rely on behavior to maintain body temperature within a physiologically permissive range. Here we review what is known about Drosophila thermal preference. Work on thermal behavior in this group is particularly exciting because it provides the opportunity to connect genes to neuromolecular mechanisms to behavior to fitness in the wild.</p>

Alternate JournalJ. Therm. Biol.