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11607207

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-18
pubmed:abstractText
Epicuticular lipids provide the primary barrier to water loss in insects and other terrestrial arthropods. Using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, we found that the melting temperatures for these lipids in the grasshopper Melanoplus sanguinipes varied by over 10 degrees C between individuals. The most significant determinant of lipid melting temperature was geographic population, followed by family effects and rearing regime. The width of the phase transition also showed population and family effects. Differences in lipid phase properties were correlated with habitat temperature. Our results provide evidence for genetically based intraspecific variation in epicuticular lipids and have important implications for physiological studies of water balance in arthropods.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7257-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic and acclimatory variation in biophysical properties of insect cuticle lipids.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Zoology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article