Prepupal building behavior in Drosophila melanogaster and its evolution under resource and time constraints.

Structures built by animals are a widespread and ecologically important 'extended phenotype'. While its taxonomic diversity has been well described, factors affecting short-term evolution of building behavior within a species have received little experimental attention. Here we describe ho...

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Main Authors: Sunitha Narasimha, Sylvain Kolly, Marla B Sokolowski, Tadeusz J Kawecki, Roshan K Vijendravarma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4324899?pdf=render