Identifying the proximate mechanisms that generate variation in nutritional plasticity for fecundity in Drosophila melanogaster
A. Nogueira Alves, A. Chakraborty, M. Wansbrough, G. M. Walter, M. D. W. Piper, C. M. Sgro, C. K. Mirth
This study identifies that genetic variation in fecundity plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster is due to differences in food intake and conversion efficiency, not morphology.
bioRxiv · Mar 7, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology