Open AccessNEW FAT FUELS FROZEN FLIES
Author(s) -
Katie E. Marshall,
Brent J. Sinclair
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of student science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2291-6954
pISSN - 1913-1925
DOI - 10.13034/jsst.v8i1.49
Subject(s) - gall , surprise , biology , zoology , food science , ecology , communication , psychology
Goldenrod gall flies are one of Canada’s toughest animals, and are able to survive freezing of their body fluids. Since the flies can’t eat all winter, we wanted to know what happens to their fat stores following these freezing events. We found a surprise—gall flies have an unusual kind of fat that stays liquid at low temperature and seems to help them survive the winter.
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