Journal article
Evolutionary Genetics: You Are What You Evolve to Eat
Abstract
The evolution of host specialization can potentially limit future evolutionary opportunities. A new study now shows how Drosophila sechellia, specialized on the toxic Morinda fruit, has evolved new nutritional needs influencing its reproduction.
Authors
Dworkin I; Jones CD
Journal
Current Biology, Vol. 25, No. 8, pp. r341–r344
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
4 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.044
ISSN
0960-9822