Publication Date:
2018-05-16
Description:
Gut microbes were previously suggested to influence mate preference in Drosophila melanogaster (1). Mate selectivity depended on the microbiota associated with flies after prior generations were maintained on different diets [cornmeal–molasses–yeast (CMY) versus starch] (1). Subsequent studies attempted to repeat these findings with contrasting success (2, 3). We suggest that...
Keywords:
Letters
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General