Journal article
Differential effects of male nutrient balance on pre- and post-copulatory traits, and consequences for female reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster
- Abstract:
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Male fitness depends on the expression of costly traits involved in obtaining mates (pre-copulatory) and fertilization (post-copulatory). However, very little is known about the nutrient requirements for these traits and whether males compromise their diet to maximize one trait at the expense of another. Here we used Nutritional Geometry to investigate macronutrient requirements for pre- and post-copulatory traits in Drosophila, when males were the first or second to mate with females. We fou...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
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Morimoto Borges, J
+ Natural Environment Research Council
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Wigby, S
Grant:
BB/K014544/1
+ Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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Funding agency for:
Wigby, S
Grant:
BB/K014544/1
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Scientific Reports Journal website
- Volume:
- 6
- Article number:
- 27673
- Publication date:
- 2016-01-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-05-24
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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2045-2322
- Source identifiers:
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626978
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- pubs:626978
- Deposit date:
- 2016-06-09
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- Copyright holder:
- Morimoto and Wigby
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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