| Literature DB >> 20161211 |
Michael E Dillon1, George Wang, Paul A Garrity, Raymond B Huey.
Abstract
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.Entities:
Year: 2009 PMID: 20161211 PMCID: PMC2714919 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2008.11.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Therm Biol ISSN: 0306-4565 Impact factor: 2.902