BEHAVIORAL-GENETICS - MOLECULAR-GENETICS MEETS FEEDING ECOLOGY

Authors
PARTRIDGE L SGRO CM
Citation
L. Partridge et Cm. Sgro, BEHAVIORAL-GENETICS - MOLECULAR-GENETICS MEETS FEEDING ECOLOGY, Current biology, 8(1), 1998, pp. 23-24
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
Current biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
8
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
23 - 24
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1998)8:1<23:B-MMFE>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Fruit fly larvae occur as either 'rovers', which move a long way to fi nd food, or 'sitters', which stay within a more restricted area. This polymorphism is determined by alleles of a cyclic GMP-dependent protei n kinase gene; revers are at an advantage in crowded populations, whil e sitters have the edge at low population density.