Developmental plasticity of thermal tolerances in temperate and subtropical populations of Drosophila melanogaster

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• 作者：Brandon S. Cooper ; ^{brascoop@indiana.edu} ; Jeffery M. Tharp II ; Isaiah I. Jernberg¹ ; Michael J. Angilletta Jr.²
• 关键词：Acclimation ; Chill-coma recovery ; Developmental plasticity ; Drosophila melanogaster ; Knockdown time ; Temperature ; Thermal tolerance
• 刊名：Journal of Thermal Biology
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：100_03064565
• 类别：bio
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：37
• 期：3
• 页码：211-216
• 文件大小：292 K

摘要

Variation in temperature imposes selection pressures on organisms. In variable environments, organisms must adopt fixed or plastic strategies that enable persistence over a broad range of temperatures. In coarse-grained environments, where the thermal variation among generations exceeds that within generations, selection should favor developmental plasticity. Here, we compare the degree of developmental plasticity of thermal tolerances between populations of Drosophila melanogaster from environments with relatively high (Marlton, NJ, USA) and relatively low (Miami, FL, USA) variance in temperature among generations. We predicted that flies from Marlton would exhibit a greater plasticity of thermal tolerances than would flies from Miami. Flies from both populations were reared in three ecologically relevant treatments, after which we assessed knockdown and chill-coma recovery times. Flies from both populations responded plastically to temperature, but flies from New Jersey did not exhibit greater plasticity. Our results complement previous comparative studies and indicate that selection favors plasticity of thermal tolerances equally in these populations.