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Age- and diet-specific effects of variation at S6 kinase on life history, metabolic, and immune response traits in Drosophila melanogaster.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Sept 2010
Cho Irene, Horn Lucas, Felix Tashauna M, Foster Leanne, Gregory Gwendolyn, Starz-Gaiano Michelle, Chambers Michelle M, De Luca Maria, Leips Jeff
Abstract excerpt
Life history theory hypothesizes that genetically based variation in life history traits results from alleles that alter age-specific patterns of energy allocation among the competing demands of reproduction, storage, and maintenance. Despite the important role that alleles with age-specific effects must play in life history evolution, few naturally occurring alleles with age-specific effects on life history...
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