Socio-sexual environment influences fecundity, but not response to bacterial infection, in Drosophila melanogaster females
Suhaas Sehgal, Aabeer Kumar Basu, Nagaraj Guru Prasad
This study examines how the socio-sexual environment of Drosophila melanogaster females affects their fecundity and response to bacterial infection, finding no effect on infection response but changes in baseline reproductive effort.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · Jul 29, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology