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- Title
Climatic adaptation of chromosomal inversions in Drosophila subobscura.
- Authors
Galludo, Maria; Canals, Jordi; Pineda-Cirera, Laura; Esteve, Carla; Rosselló, Maria; Balanyà, Joan; Arenas, Conxita; Mestres, Francesc
- Abstract
Drosophila subobscura is a species with a rich chromosomal polymorphism which is adaptive to different climatic conditions. Five samples of the Font Groga population (Barcelona, Spain) were sampled in autumn during 5 consecutive years (2011-2015) to obtain their inversion chromosomal polymorphism, and climatic data of several meteorological variables were also collected. The aim was to analyze the adaptive potential of inversions with regard to climatic variables, being the most relevant: mean temperature (Tmean), maximum temperature (Tmax), minimum temperature (Tmin), humidity (Hm) and rainfall (Rf). As expected, no significant variation in inversion frequencies were detected over this short period of time. However, from a climatic point of view it was possible to differentiate ‘warm’ and ‘dry’ from ‘cold’ and ‘humid’ samples. The joint study of maximum (Tmax) and minimum (Tmin) temperatures was a key element to understand the effect on adaptation of many inversions. It was also observed that temperature had to be considered in conjunction with humidity and rainfall. All these factors would condition the biota of D. subobscura habitat, and chromosomal inversions could provide an adaptive response to it.
- Subjects
DROSOPHILA subobscura; BIOLOGICAL adaptation; GENETIC polymorphisms; CHROMOSOMAL proteins; HABITATS; INSECTS
- Publication
Genetica, 2018, Vol 146, Issue 4/5, p433
- ISSN
0016-6707
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10709-018-0035-x