Analysis of larval behaviours underlying the pupation height phenotype in Drosophila simulans and D melanogaster.docVIP

Analysis of larval height Drosophila simulans P Casares MC Carracedo L García-Florez Departamento de Genetica, Facultad de Medicina, Julian Claveria s/n, 33071 Oviedo, Spain (Received 21 October 1996; accepted 27 August 1997) Summary - Lines of Drosophila melanogaster and simulans, previously selected for increased and decreased pupation height, have been investigated for larval correlated responses to selection. Larvae of all lines and species showed higher pupation sites when humidity increased from 40 to 100% RH. Pupation height measured in light and in dark revealed that only one o