Choosing mates based on the diet of your ancestors: replication of non-genetic assortative mating in Drosophila melanogaster

Assortative mating has been a focus of considerable research because of its potential to influence biodiversity at many scales. Sharon et al. (2010) discovered that an inbred strain of Drosophila melanogaster mated assortatively based on the diet of previous generations, leading to initial reproduct...

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Main Authors: Najarro, Michael A., Sumethasorn, Matt, Lamoureux, Alexandra, Turner, Thomas L.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4558060/