The Influence of Dietary Factors on Reproduction in the Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster

Food and nutrition are important for energy balance, reproduction and maintenance of health in all species. Drosophila melanogaster feed on yeast and sugar and food availability affects reproduction. In this thesis, I show that mating frequency and fertility are affected by the composition of food i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jagadeesh, Samyukta
Other Authors: Levine, Joel
Language:en_ca
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/29563