ArticleJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2020
Cooperative foraging during larval stage affects fitness in Drosophila.
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- Sociability is a Multidimensional Trait in Drosophila melanogaster.Behavior genetics · 2026Article
- Do wild-caught fly larvae cooperatively forage?Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2025Article
- Population parameters of Drosophila larval cooperative foraging.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2024Article
- Aggregation in an heterospecific population of blowfly larvae: social behaviour is impacted by species-specific thermal requirements and settlement order.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Nanoparticle-Shielded dsRNA Delivery for Enhancing RNAi Efficiency in Cotton Spotted BollwormInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
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- Birth temperature followed by a visual critical period determines cooperative group membership.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Cooperative behavior can confer advantages to animals. This is especially true for cooperative foraging which provides fitness benefits through more efficient acquisition and consumption of food. While examples of group foraging have been widely described, the principles governing formation of such aggregations and rules that determine group membership remain poorly understood. Here, we take advantage of an experimental model system featuring cooperative foraging behavior in Drosophila. Under crowded conditions, fly larvae form coordinated digging groups (clusters), where individuals are linked together by sensory cues and group membership requires prior experience. However, fitness benefits of Drosophila larval clustering remain unknown. We demonstrate that animals raised in crowded conditions on food partially processed by other larvae experience a developmental delay presumably due to the decreased nutritional value of the substrate. Intriguingly, same conditions promote the formation of cooperative foraging clusters which further extends larval stage compared to non-clustering animals. Remarkably, this developmental retardation also results in a relative increase in wing size, serving an indicator of adult fitness. Thus, we find that the clustering-induced developmental delay is accompanied by fitness benefits. Therefore, cooperative foraging, while delaying development, may have evolved to give Drosophila larvae benefits when presented with competition for limited food resources.
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