Evolutionary Genetics: You Are What You Evolve to Eat Journal Articles

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, Ian
• Jones, Corbin D

status

• published 

publication date

• April 2015

has subject area

• 06 Biological Sciences (FoR)
• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences (FoR)
• Adaptation, Physiological (MeSH)
• Animals (MeSH)
• Developmental Biology (Science Metrix)
• Dopamine (MeSH)
• Drosophila (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Host-Parasite Interactions (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Morinda (MeSH)

published in

• Current Biology  Journal

keywords

• Adaptation, Physiological
• Animals
• Dopamine
• Drosophila
• Female
• Host-Parasite Interactions
• Male
• Morinda

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.044

PubMed ID

• 25898107

start page

• R341

end page

• R344

volume

• 25

issue

• 8