Temporal shifts in insect cuticular hydrocarbons in response to experimental desiccation
This dataset contains 25 cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) peaks of male Drosophila melanogaster adults characterised using GC-MS. We used a single population collected from the Western Himalayas (Rohru: 31°N, 77.7°E, 2592 m above sea level, India). The flies were exposed to six desiccation durations (2h, 4h, 6h, 8h and 10 h), with 0 h serving as the experimental control. Each treatment was supported by ten replicates (N = 60 samples total).Pentadecane (ISTD) was used as an internal standard for CHC peak normalisation.
Authors
- Abhishek Nair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1520-5642)
- Manmohan D. Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9957-3153)
- John Hunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4962-8750)
- David J. Hosken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2508-3909)
- Subhash Rajpurohit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9149-391X)
- Ramakrishnan Vasudeva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3831-0384)
- Christopher Mitchell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6842-4788)
Institutions
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Ahmedabad University (IN)
- Western Sydney University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22079184
- Primary Topic
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Molecular Biology Organization
- Australian Research Council
- Science and Engineering Research Board