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Responses ofDrosophila to environmental ethanol from ecologically optimal and extreme habitats

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Adult tolerances and larval behaviour in the presence of ethanol is more variable in populations derived from optimal habitats than those from extreme habitats. Since the habitat types are defined ecologically in terms of climatic and biotic factors, this result has biological significance for defining the properties of populations from extreme habitats.

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  1. Australian Drosophila Research Unit, Department of Genetics and Human Variation, La Trobe University, 3083, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

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I thank Garry Spence for technical assistance, and the Australian Research Grants Committee for partial financial support.

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Parsons, P.A. Responses ofDrosophila to environmental ethanol from ecologically optimal and extreme habitats. Experientia 36, 1070–1071 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965975

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