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Adaptation to Abundant Low Quality Food Improves the Ability to Compete for Limited Rich Food in Drosophila melanogaster

The rate of food consumption is a major factor affecting success in scramble competition for a limited amount of easy-to-find food. Accordingly, several studies report positive genetic correlations between larval competitive ability and feeding rate in Drosophila; both become enhanced in populations...

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Autores principales: Vijendravarma, Roshan K., Narasimha, Sunitha, Kawecki, Tadeusz J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22292007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030650