Developmental Environment Effects on Sexual Selection in Male and Female Drosophila melanogaster.

The developmental environment can potentially alter the adult social environment and influence traits targeted by sexual selection such as body size. In this study, we manipulated larval density in male and female Drosophila melanogaster, which results in distinct adult size phenotypes-high (low) de...

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Main Authors: Juliano Morimoto, Tommaso Pizzari, Stuart Wigby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4864243?pdf=render