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Genetics, Vol 142, 471-479, Copyright © 1996
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Acclimation and Selection for Increased Resistance to Thermal Stress in Drosophila buzzatii
R. A. Krebs and V. Loeschcke
Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Direct selection for increased resistance to a heat shock (41.9{deg} for 90 min) was carried out using two replicate lines of Drosophila buzzatii that were derived from a large base population. Selected individuals were first acclimated to high temperature before selection, while control individuals were acclimated but not selected, and selection was performed every second generation. Resistance to heat shock with acclimation increased in selected lines. Without acclimation, a correlated smaller increase in heat-shock resistance was suggested. Survival of males was higher than that of females in all lines when tested with acclimation, but with direct exposure to high temperatures, survival of females was greater than that of males both in selection and control lines but not in the base population. From analysis of reciprocal cross progeny between lines, one selection line was found to possess a dominant autosomal factor that significantly increased resistance of males much more than resistance of females. Also suggestive was recessive traits on the X chromosome in both selection lines that increased thermotolerance. No cytoplasmic effects were found. After accounting for other effects, survival of F(1) flies was intermediate, suggesting that additive variation is present for one or more of the autosomes.
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