Drosophila: Behavioral Cues for Oviposition
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The American Midland Naturalist
- Vol. 99 (2) , 361-368
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2424813
Abstract
A randomized block design was used to evaluate factors affecting oviposition by D. melanogaster in a test system providing a minimal set of behavioral cues. Age has no effect in mature females. Oviposition increases with adult density and with cyclic as opposed to constant illumination. Surface texture of the medium has a greater effect on increasing egg deposition in a cyclic light regime.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Selection of Site of Oviposition by Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulansThe American Midland Naturalist, 1971