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The microbiota influences the Drosophila melanogaster life history strategy.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2020
Walters Amber W, Hughes Rachel C, Call Tanner B, Walker Carson J, Wilcox Hailey, Petersen Samara C, Rudman Seth M, Newell Peter D, Douglas Angela E, Schmidt Paul S, Chaston John M
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Organisms are locally adapted when members of a population have a fitness advantage in one location relative to conspecifics in other geographies. For example, across latitudinal gradients, some organisms may trade off between traits that maximize fitness components in one, but not both, of somatic maintenance or reproductive output. Latitudinal gradients in life history strategies are traditionally attributed to...
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