Biology 1202B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Goldenrod, Larva
16 Oct 2017
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10 days later protein in its saliva larva 7-8 (cid:449)eeks" diapause (cid:894)stops de(cid:448)elopi(cid:374)g(cid:895) te(cid:373)perature are (cid:374)ot suita(cid:271)le, the resu(cid:373)es to grow in march (becomes a fly) entire life around the gall. Larva chews its way to the stem of golden rod and starts releasing saliva with proteins in it that helps with its growth. How big it grows gall sizes: environmental, genetic factors (fly vs golden rod) anything affecting the plant can affect the fly and the gall size. The (cid:271)igger the gall size, the (cid:373)ore (cid:272)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)e of the lar(cid:448)a"s survival. Because the gall is thicker and predator (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t eat it. Te(cid:373)perature (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:448)ary i(cid:374) (cid:449)i(cid:374)ter (cid:894)-40) gall provides anti-freeze for the larva.
