The reproductive biology and diapause of the British fungal‐breeding <i>Drosophila</i>

Charlesworth, P.; Shorrocks, Bryan

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1980.tb01156.x

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“…In temperate places, the developmental temperature is generally less than 21ЊC and changes over seasons. Overwintering, which occurs mostly during the adult stage (Charlesworth and Shorrocks 1980;Lumme and Lakovaara 1983;Izquierdo 1991) implies the survival of old adults. However, we found that, at least in D. melanogaster grown at 21ЊC, chill-coma tolerance decreased rapidly in aging flies, possibly impairing survival capacity.…”

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Chill-Coma Tolerance, a Major Climatic Adaptation Among Drosophila Species

Gibert

Moréteau

Pétavy

et al. 2001

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Most drosophilid species can be classified either as temperate or tropical. Adults of species were submitted to a cold treatment (0 degrees C) and then brought back to ambient temperature. They generally exhibited a chill coma and the time needed to recover was measured. We found in a set of 26 temperate species that recovery was rapid (average 1.8 min, range 0.15-4.9). In contrast, a long recovery time (average 56 min, range 24-120) was observed for 48 tropical species. A few species, like Drosophila melanogaster, are cosmopolitan and can proliferate under temperate and tropical climates. In 9 of 10 such species, slight genetic differences were found: a shorter recovery in temperate than in tropical populations. Comparing physiological data to phylogeny suggests that chill-coma tolerance has been a recurrent adaptation that is selected for in cold climates but tends to disappear under a permanently warm environment. This major climatic adaptation, evidenced in drosophilids, seems to occur in other insect groups also.

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Chill-Coma Tolerance, a Major Climatic Adaptation Among Drosophila Species

Gibert

Moréteau

Pétavy

et al. 2001

Evol

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“…The nature of the nutritional requirements for maturity clearly is species‐specific. For example, ovarian maturation required only a third as many days in the mycophagous D. phalerata provided with mushrooms compared to conspecifics receiving only ordinary laboratory culture medium (Charlesworth & Shorrocks 1980). Mechanisms underlying dietary restriction and delayed oogenesis are not completely clear.…”

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Reproductive ecology of Drosophila

2008

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Summary 1.Species of the genus Drosophila reproduce in a wide range of different resources, including fruits, sap, flowers, mushrooms and cacti. Drosophila species and their resources also exhibit considerable variability in geographic distribution. 2. Habitat and resource differences pose enormous challenges for Drosophila species. Host chemistry may include highly toxic compounds and breeding sites may be characterized by extreme abiotic conditions such as high and/or low temperature and humidity. 3. Drosophila reproductive biology, in terms of morphology, physiology, and behaviour, is as variable among Drosophila species as is their resource use. In some species, adults are ready to reproduce upon emergence, whereas one sex or the other in other species may require weeks to become sexually mature. 4. Already a robust system for transmission and population genetic studies, the sequencing of the genomes of 12 diverse Drosophila species now brings the power of genomics to investigators wishing to understand the functional aspects of Drosophila ecology

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“…The temperature above which diapause induction does not occur or is weakened in Drosophilidae is typically 19 to 23°C (LUMME et a]. 1974;CHARLESWORTH and SHORROCKS 1980;KIMURA 1982;LANKINEN 1986), but can be considerably lower than this, as in Drosophila cameraria Haliday ( CHARLESWORTH and SHORROCKS 1980), Drosophila rufa Kikkawa and Peng, and Drosophila lutescens Okada ( KIMURA 1988a). The temperature limit (short-day critical temperature) is higher than this in C. costata, about 24°C in the Hokkaido population, and 25°C and above in the Finnish populations (this paper; RIIHIMAA and KIMURA 1989).…”

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“…The slope and position of the cline in critical photoperiods varies considerably from species to species among the Drosophilidae ( LUMME 1982;LANKINEN 1986;MUONA and LUMME 1981;CHARLESWORTH and SHORROCKS 1980;KIMURA 1984;KIMURA et al 1993). The critical photoperiod increases by one to two hours per 5 degrees of latitude, depending on the species, and the critical photoperiods at the same latitude differ by one to three hours between species.…”

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“…Diapause phenomena have long been known to be dependent on temperature ( DANILEVSKII 1965;BECK 1980;SAUNDERS 1982), but less attention has been paid to this aspect than to photoperiod, especially when studying geographical variation (LUMME et al 1974;CHARLESWORTH and SHORROCKS 1980;KIMURA 1984KIMURA , 1988bLANKI-NEN 1986;PITTENDRIGH and TAKAMURA 1993;PITTENDRIGH et al 1991). Both of these factors contain information on the yearly course of the seasons, which allow the insects to prepare in advance for the coming winter.…”

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Geographical variation in the larval diapause of Chymomyza costata (Diptera; Drosophilidae)

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Induction of the larval diapause in Chymomyza costata is controlled by two mechanisms, temperature‐dependent induction and a photoperiodic response. Geographical, clinal variation was observed in both mechanisms, Critical photoperiods increased northwards 1 h 9 min per 5 degrees of latitude. The cline relaxes north of 65°N, however. The critical temperature measured under long‐day conditions varied little in areas south of 63°N, but increased from 13°C at that latitude to 17°C at 65°N and to 24°C at 68°N. Selection experiments revealed extensive intrapopulation variation in both diapause characteristics. The mean temperature in the middle of the breeding Season for C. costata is above the long‐day critical temperature in areas south of 63°N, the same or slightly lower than the critical temperature in areas between 63°N and 66°N and well below the critical temperature in areas north of 67°N. The relative importance of temperature and photoperiod in diapause induction changes from south to north, the photoperiod being the main determinant in the south and temperature assuming the main role in the north. The forms and positions of the two clines can be explained when data on the estimated number of generations per year are combined with data on weather and illumination conditions at each locality.

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The reproductive biology and diapause of the British fungal‐breeding Drosophila

Cited by 24 publications

References 12 publications

Chill-Coma Tolerance, a Major Climatic Adaptation Among Drosophila Species

Chill-Coma Tolerance, a Major Climatic Adaptation Among Drosophila Species

Reproductive ecology of Drosophila

Geographical variation in the larval diapause of Chymomyza costata (Diptera; Drosophilidae)

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