The effect of developmental nutrition on life span and fecundity depends on the adult reproductive environment in Drosophila melanogaster.

ABSTRACT: Both developmental nutrition and adult nutrition affect life-history traits; however, little is known about whether the effect of developmental nutrition depends on the adult environment experienced. We used the fruit fly to determine whether life-history traits, particularly life span and fecundity, are affected by developmental nutrition, and whether this depends on the extent to which the adult environment allows females to realize their full reproductive potential. We raised flies on three different developmental food levels containing increasing amounts of yeast and sugar: poor, control, and rich. We found that development on poor or rich larval food resulted in several life-history phenotypes indicative of suboptimal conditions, including increased developmental time, and, for poor f

SUBMITTER: May CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4377260 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature