Genetics of a nonoptimal behavior: oviposition preference of Drosophila mauritiana for a toxic resource.

doi:10.1007/BF01076179

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Genetics of a nonoptimal behavior: oviposition preference of Drosophila mauritiana for a toxic resource.

Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 1994

Moreteau B, R'Kha S, David J R

Abstract excerpt

Among three sibling species of the D. melanogaster subgroup, two are generalists (D. simulans and D. mauritiana), while the third, D. sechellia, specializes on a single toxic resource, the fruit of Morinda citrifolia. D. sechellia, resistant to the toxics, prefers to oviposit on morinda; D. simul...

Topics

Animals
Crosses, Genetic
Drosophila
Fatty Acids
Female
Fruit
Genes, Recessive
Mutation
Oviposition
Species Specificity

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