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Altitudinal patterns for longevity, fecundity and senescence in Drosophila buzzatii

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We tested for variation in longevity, senescence rate and early fecundity of Drosophila buzzatii along an elevational transect in Argentina, using laboratory-reared flies in laboratory tests performed to avoid extrinsic mortality. At 25 °C, females from lowland populations lived longer and had a lower demographic rate of senescence than females from highland populations. Minimal instead of maximal temperature at the sites of origin of population best predicted this cline. A very different pattern was found at higher test temperature. At 29.5 °C, longevity of males increased with altitude of origin of population. No clinal trend was apparent for longevity of females at 29.5 °C. There was evidence for a trade-off between early fecundity and longevity at non-stressful temperature (25 °C) along the altitudinal gradient. This trait association is consistent with evolutionary theories of aging. Population-by-temperature and sex-by-temperature interactions indicate that senescence patterns are expressed in environment specific ways.

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Abbreviations

CBM:

cactus-based medium

CPHR:

Cox’s Proportional Hazards Regression

GLIM:

generalized linear model

IDM:

instant Drosophila medium

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Norry, F.M., Sambucetti, P., Scannapieco, A.C. et al. Altitudinal patterns for longevity, fecundity and senescence in Drosophila buzzatii . Genetica 128, 81–93 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-005-5537-7

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