ArticleBiology open2016
Oviposition preferences for ethanol depend on spatial arrangement and differ dramatically among closely related Drosophila species.
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- The function of ethanol in olfactory associative behaviors in Drosophila melanogaster larvae.PloS one · 2023Article
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- Dairy Products Added to Rearing Media Negatively Effect Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Egg Production and Larval Development.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2018Article
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- Ethanol confers differential protection against generalist and specialist parasitoids of Drosophila melanogaster.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
Recent work on the model fly Drosophila melanogaster has reported inconsistencies in their preference for laying eggs on intermediate concentrations of ethanol. In this study, we resolve this discrepancy by showing that this species strongly prefers ovipositing on ethanol when it is close to a non-ethanol substrate, but strongly avoids ethanol when options are farther apart. We also show fluidity of these behaviors among other Drosophila species: D. melanogaster is more responsive to ethanol than close relatives in that it prefers ethanol more than other species in the close-proximity case, but avoids ethanol more than other species in the distant case. In the close-proximity scenario, the more ethanol-tolerant species generally prefer ethanol more, with the exception of the island endemic D. santomea This species has the lowest tolerance in the clade, but behaves like D. melanogaster We speculate that this could be an adaptation to protect eggs from parasites or predators such as parasitoid wasps, as larvae migrate to non-toxic substrates after hatching. These natural differences among species are an excellent opportunity to study how genes and brains evolve to alter ethanol preferences, and provide an interesting model for genetic variation in preferences in other organisms, including humans.
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