Abstract
In natural condition, climatic changes affect the internal state of an organism. Effect of different environmental conditions on energy metabolites level can reveal the survival and fitness of organisms. In ectothermic insects, temperature plays a crucial role in influencing a number of fitness traits like duration of life cycle, survival, longevity and reproductive efficiency. Changes in temperature may lead to alteration in the levels of different biochemical profiles like body lipid, protein and glucose, as a measure to cope up with the changed environmental conditions. In the present study, mass culture stock of fruit fly, Drosophila malerkotliana, collected from Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh was examined for the effect of temperature on the body lipid (triglyceride), protein and reproductive ability, particularly, fertility and productivity in this species. The experimental results have indicated that transient thermal stress caused a significant effect on body triglyceride and protein content on age-dependent manner. Fitness traits, i.e., fertility and productivity were observed to be severely influenced by fluctuating temperature in the young as well as old age flies. Therefore, transient temperature stress leaves its distinct impact on the biochemical profile, fertility and productivity in D. malerkotliana.
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