Article
Transient and permanent experience with fatty acids changes Drosophila melanogaster preference and fitness.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Flaven-Pouchon Justin, Garcia Thibault, Abed-Vieillard Dehbia, Farine Jean-Pierre, Ferveur Jean-François, Everaerts Claude
Abstract excerpt
Food and host-preference relies on genetic adaptation and sensory experience. In vertebrates, experience with food-related cues during early development can change adult preference. This is also true in holometabolous insects, which undergo a drastic nervous system remodelling during their complete metamorphosis, but remains uncertain in Drosophila melanogaster. We have conditioned D. melanogaster with oleic...
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