Trade-offs between cost of ingestion and rate of intake drive defensive toxin use
T. E. Douglas, S. G. Beskid, C. E. Gernand, B. E. Nirtaut, K. E. Tamsil, R. W. Fitch, R. D. Tarvin
The paper shows that Drosophila strains with higher toxin metabolism ingest more nicotine, leading to better survival against parasitism, suggesting toxin accumulation can evolve as a defensive strategy.
bioRxiv · Jul 23, 2021Evolutionary Biology