Meiotic drive adaptive testes enlargement during early development in the stalk-eyed fly.
S. L. Bradshaw, L. C. Meade, J. Tarlton-Weatherall, A. Pomiankowski
The paper shows that stalk-eyed fly drive males have enlarged testes at eclosion due to resource allocation during pupation, not adult development, and this supports an adaptive strategy for maintaining fertility despite sperm loss.
Biology Letters · Nov 30, 2022Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology