Sugar-rich larval diet promotes lower adult pathogen load and higher survival after infection in a polyphagous fly
H. Dinh, I. Lundback, A. T. Than, J. Morimoto, F. Ponton
This study shows that a sugar-rich larval diet increases female adult fruit fly resistance to bacterial infection and reduces pathogen load, with no effect in males.
bioRxiv · Dec 16, 2021Ecology