PhysiologybioRxiv
Female-specific upregulation of insulin pathway activity mediates the sex difference in Drosophila body size plasticity
J. W. Millington, C. Chao, Z. Sun…·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.
DOI 10.7554/elife.58341