Crowded developmental environment promotes adult sex-specific nutrient consumption in a polyphagous fly

The fitness of holometabolous insects depends largely on resources acquired at the larval stage. Larval density is an important factor modulating larval resource-acquisition, influencing adult survival, reprod...

Source: Frontiers in Zoology - February 18, 2019 Category: Zoology Authors: Juliano Morimoto, Binh Nguyen, Hue Dinh, Anh The Than, Phillip W. Taylor and Fleur Ponton Tags: Research Source Type: research