WHAT DISTINGUISHES COSMOPOLITAN AND ENDEMIC DROSOPHILA SPECIES

被引:9
作者
PARSONS, PA
MCDONALD, J
机构
[1] Australian Drosophila Research Unit, Department of Genetics and Human Variation, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3083, Victoria
来源
EXPERIENTIA | 1978年 / 34卷 / 11期
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D O I
10.1007/BF01932341
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Cosmopolitan Drosophila species can survive wide ecological tolerances measured by resistance to desiccation/temperature extremes compared with endemic rain forest species. This, rather than any genetic features, is important in helping to explain the widespread distributions of cosmopolitan species. © 1978 Birkhäuser Verlag.
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页码:1445 / 1446
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