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Mechanisms of homeostasis maintenance in laboratory populations of insects

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Comparative data are provided on the strategies of homeostasis maintenance in laboratory populations of the silkworm Bombyx mori and the housefly Musca domestica. It is shown that selection for lifespan is associated with differentiation of reproductive strategies.

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  1. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, ul. Artema 29, Kharkiv, 61002, Ukraine

    T. Yu. Markina

  2. Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Ufa Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Oktyabrya 71, Ufa, 450054, Russia

    G. V. Benkovskaya

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Original Russian Text © T.Yu. Markina, G.V. Benkovskaya, 2015, published in Ekologiya, 2015, No. 4, pp. 294–299.

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Markina, T.Y., Benkovskaya, G.V. Mechanisms of homeostasis maintenance in laboratory populations of insects. Russ J Ecol 46, 365–369 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413615040128

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