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The influence of developmental diet on reproduction and metabolism in Drosophila.
BMC evolutionary biology - 29 Jul 2020
Klepsatel Peter, Knoblochová Diana, Girish Thirnahalli Nagaraj, Dircksen Heinrich, Gáliková Martina
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The adaptive significance of phenotypic changes elicited by environmental conditions experienced early in life has long attracted attention in evolutionary biology. In this study, we used Drosophila melanogaster to test whether the developmental diet produces phenotypes better adapted to cope with similar nutritional conditions later in life. To discriminate among competing hypotheses on the...
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