Larval protein restriction interacts with adult diet to increase fitness in an outbred multiparent population.
Andrew Jones, De’anne Donnell, Elizabeth G. King, Enoch Ng’oma
The paper examines how larval and adult diet interactions affect lifespan and fecundity in Drosophila melanogaster, finding no consistent support for environmental matching or silver spoon models.
bioRxiv · Feb 10, 2024 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology