The dynamics of the motions of Drosophila melanogaster laboratory populations correlates with the parameters of space weather

Abstract

Analysis of the motions of Drosophila melanogaster laboratory populations and their relationship to the heliogeophysical parameters (the radio-wave flux at the wavelength of 10.7 cm (F10.7), Wolf numbers (W), the planetary K_p-index, an indicator of geomagnetic activity) was carried out. A significant correlation between the changes in the characteristics of solar activity (F10.7, W) and the dynamics of the motions of Drosophila was detected. The association strongly depends on the sexual structure of the Drosophila populations, which follows from the difference in the distributions of this association.