Female-specific upregulation of insulin pathway activity mediates the sex difference in Drosophila body size plasticity
J. W. Millington, C. Chao, Z. Sun, P. J. Basner-Collins, G. P. Brownrigg, L. W. Wat, B. Hudry, I. Miguel-Aliaga, E. J. Rideout
The paper identifies a female-specific increase in insulin pathway activity as the mechanism behind sex differences in nutrient-dependent body size plasticity in Drosophila.
bioRxiv · Apr 22, 2020Physiology