Mannitol ingestion causes concentration-dependent, sex-biased mortality in adults of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)

Mannitol, a sugar alcohol used in commercial food products, has been previously shown to induce sex-biased mortality in female Drosophila melanogaster when ingested at a single concentration (1 M). We hypothesized that sex differences in energy needs, related to reproductive costs, contributed to th...

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Autores principales: Fiocca, Katherine, Barrett, Meghan, Waddell, Edward A., Viveiros, Jennifer, McNair, Cheyenne, O’Donnell, Sean, Marenda, Daniel R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6544200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31150400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213760

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6544200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31150400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213760

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