Dietary protein mediates terminal investment in egg quantity or quality following bacterial gut infection in Drosophila
A. L. Hudson, J. P. Moatt, P. F. Vale
This study shows that dietary protein influences terminal investment strategies in Drosophila after bacterial infection, with high protein diets increasing egg number and low protein diets improving egg viability.
bioRxiv · Dec 7, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology