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Measuring O2 Consumption in Drosophila melanogaster Using Coulometric Microrespirometry
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CRITICAL THERMAL INCREMENTS FOR OXYGEN CONSUMPTION OF AN INSECT, DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
1Zoological Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
The Journal of General Physiology
|October 30, 2009
Abstract:
The critical thermal increments are calculated for oxygen consumption in the pupae of the "wild type" fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, and are found to be of two types: micro = 11,500 and 16,800; above 15 degrees C. the first value is obtained, the second, below this temperature.
