Drosophila: Where the Wild Flies Are

Drosophila: Where the Wild Flies Are

Drosophila melanogaster is a human commensal and dietary generalist. A new study in its ancestral range in Africa finds that wild Drosophila melanogaster are specialists on marula fruit — fruits cached in caves by Pleistocene humans. Drosophila melanogaster is a human commensal and dietary generalis...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current biology 2018-12, Vol.28 (24), p.R1382-R1384
Hauptverfasser: Karageorgi, Marianthi, Matsunaga, Teruyuki, Whiteman, Noah K.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Drosophila melanogaster is a human commensal and dietary generalist. A new study in its ancestral range in Africa finds that wild Drosophila melanogaster are specialists on marula fruit — fruits cached in caves by Pleistocene humans. Drosophila melanogaster is a human commensal and dietary generalist. A new study in its ancestral range in Africa finds that wild Drosophila melanogaster are specialists on marula fruit — fruits cached in caves by Pleistocene humans.
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2018.11.034