Archana Nagarajan

Adaptation to larval crowding in Drosophila ananassae and Drosophila nasuta nasuta: increased larval competitive ability without increased larval feeding rate

This study shows that D. ananassae and D. n. nasuta adapt to larval crowding through reduced larval duration and faster development, not increased feeding rates, differing from D. melanogaster adaptations.

Evolution of increased larval competitive ability in Drosophila melanogaster without increased larval feeding rate

This paper shows that Drosophila melanogaster populations evolve increased competitive ability without higher feeding rates when subjected to larval crowding at low food volumes, similar to findings in D. ananassae and D. n. nasuta.