Figure 6:

Status of desiccation tolerance (line means) in Drosophila Genetic Resource Panel. A total of 175 lines were considered for this association mapping. A considerable genetic variability in desiccation tolerance was observed across the lines. Males (A) survived shorter under desiccating conditions than females (B). Desiccation tolerance values are sorted in increasing order for males in panel A, and corresponding lines values for females are shown in panel B. The data show extensive within-line differences between the sexes, consistent with the differential response in the field mesocosms (Fig. 4).