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Genetic and Genomic Response to Selection for Food Consumption in Drosophila melanogaster.
Behavior genetics - 1 Mar 2017
Garlapow Megan E, Everett Logan J, Zhou Shanshan, Gearhart Alexander W, Fay Kairsten A, Huang Wen, Morozova Tatiana V, Arya Gunjan H, Turlapati Lavanya, St Armour Genevieve, Hussain Yasmeen N, McAdams Sarah E, Fochler Sophia, Mackay Trudy F C
Abstract excerpt
Food consumption is an essential component of animal fitness; however, excessive food intake in humans increases risk for many diseases. The roles of neuroendocrine feedback loops, food sensing modalities, and physiological state in regulating food intake are well understood, but not the genetic basis underlying variation in food consumption. Here, we applied ten generations of artificial selection for high and...
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