Dillon Michael E, Wang George, Garrity Paul A, Huey Raymond B
Department of Biology, Box 351800, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1800 USA.
J Therm Biol. 2009 Apr 1;34(3):109-119. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2008.11.007.
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.
环境温度对变温动物的生理机能有强烈影响。小型变温动物,例如果蝇,无法通过自身调节体温,因此必须依靠行为将体温维持在生理允许的范围内。在此,我们综述一下关于果蝇热偏好的已知信息。对该类群热行为的研究格外令人兴奋,因为它提供了一个将基因与神经分子机制、行为以及野外适应性联系起来的契机。