Taste of Attraction: Observing the effects of starvation resistance on mating success in D. melanogaster

Authors

Rachel Santana Felipes, Binghamton University--SUNY
Ali Machrone, Binghamton University--SUNY
Nicholas Shleiwet, Binghamton University--SUNY

Publication Date

2020

Document Type

Book

Description

Drosophila melanogaster have reduced mating success after being exposed to starvation selection pressure that results in increased body weight. Many insect are capable of finishing their metamorphosis before larva reaches their final size. This results in smaller but viable adults. Previously, flies were put through a rescue protocol to reduce their size in efforts to increase mating. This method was not successful across all genetic lines of starvation resistant flies. We suspect that the increased cuticle hydrocarbon released by starvation resistance flies impacts their mating success. We will test this hypothesis by following a performing a pheromone exchange protocol.

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Felipes, Rachel Santana; Machrone, Ali; and Shleiwet, Nicholas, "Taste of Attraction: Observing the effects of starvation resistance on mating success in D. melanogaster" (2020). Research Days Posters 2020. 80.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_spring2020/80