Yeasts affect tolerance of Drosophila melanogaster to food substrate with high NaCl concentration.

ABSTRACT: The ability of model animal species, such as Drosophila melanogaster, to adapt quickly to various adverse conditions has been shown in many experimental evolution studies. It is usually assumed by default that such adaptation is due to changes in the gene pool of the studied population of macroorganisms. At the same time, it is known that microbiome can influence biological processes in macroorganisms. In order to assess the possible impact of microbiome on adaptation, we performed an evolutionary experiment in which some D. melanogaster lines were reared on a food substrate with high NaCl concentration while the others were reared on the standard (favourable) substrate. We evaluated the reproductive efficiency of experimental lines on the high salt substrate three years after the experime

SUBMITTER: Dmitrieva AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6834263 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature