Diet influences host-microbiota associations in Drosophila [Biological Sciences]

Gut microbes were previously suggested to influence mate preference in Drosophila melanogaster (1). Mate selectivity depended on the microbiota associated with flies after prior generations were maintained on different diets [cornmeal–molasses–yeast (CMY) versus starch] (1). Subsequent studies attempted to repeat these findings with contrasting success (2, 3). We suggest that...

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