A study of productivity in Drosophila immigrans

In this study it has been demonstrated that Drosophila immigrans females begin laying fertile eggs on the third or fourth day following eclosion, with productivity reaching a peak between the fifth and sixth days of adult life. A delay in mating of even four days decreases the rate as well as the volume of productivity. Based on the evidence in the literature, it is suggested that the stimulus to oviposition may be mechanical or chemical on the corpora allata via the ventral nerve cord.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (M.S.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemistry

Year dc:date.available

1971

Author dc:creator

• Waterman, Lalita Helen Shenoy

Contributors dc:contributor

• Alice S. Hunter

• Drosophila
• Chemistry

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1743

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-2742