mean dry mass (male)

Range 0.219-0.304 mg
Organism Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
Reference Worthen, W.B., Latitudinal Variation in Developmental Time and Mass in Drosophila melanogaster. 1996. Evolution. 50(6) p. 2327
Comments The variation in the mass of Drosophila is primarily due to temperature.
Entered by Phil Mongiovi
ID 102570