Evolution of increased larval competitive ability in Drosophila melanogaster without increased larval feeding rate
Manaswini Sarangi, Archana Nagarajan, Snigdhadip Dey, Joy Bose, Amitabh Joshi
This paper shows that Drosophila melanogaster populations evolve increased competitive ability without higher feeding rates when subjected to larval crowding at low food volumes, similar to findings in D. ananassae and D. n. nasuta.
bioRxiv · Oct 15, 2015Evolutionary Biology