Perceptive costs of reproduction drive ageing and physiology in male Drosophila
Harvanek ZM, Lyu Y, Gendron CM, Johnson JC, Kondo S, Promislow DEL, Pletcher SD. Perceptive costs of reproduction drive ageing and physiology in male Drosophila. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2017, 1: 0152. PMID: 28812624, PMCID: PMC5657004, DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLife-history traitsReproductive costsBenefits of matingPopulation genetic studiesCost of reproductionAct of matingMale Drosophila melanogasterOrganismal fitnessDrosophila melanogasterReproductive effortMale DrosophilaNatural selectionStress resistancePheromone perceptionPhysiological constraintsGenetic studiesMechanistic basisKey survivalPhysiological costsReproductionFat storageMolecular frameworkMatingTraitsImportant insights