Learning from fights: Males' social dominance status impact reproductive success in Drosophila melanogaster.

ABSTRACT: In animals, the access to vital resources often relies on individuals' behavioural personality, strength, motivation, past experiences and dominance status. Dominant individuals would be more territorial, providing them with a better access to food resources and mate. The so-called winner and loser effects induce individuals' behavioural changes after experiencing a victory or a defeat, and lead to an individual persistent state influencing the outcome of subsequent fights. However, whether and how development of winner and loser effects affect individuals' fitness is controversial. The aim of this study is to evaluate how individuals' fitness can be influenced by previous fighting experience in Drosophila melanogaster. In this study, we assess various behavioural performances as indicator

SUBMITTER: Prunier A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10919672 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature