Commensal bacteria play a role in mating preference of Drosophila melanogaster
Has this study been replicated?
The atlas records 2 replications of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 mixed, 1 failed.
Replications
- Choosing mates based on the diet of your ancestors: replication of non-genetic assortative mating in Drosophila melanogaster, Najarro et al. (2015). Outcome recorded: mixed.
Supporting the previous result, we found that a different inbred strain also mated assortatively based on the diets of previous generations. However, we were unable to generate assortative mating in an outbred strain from North Carolina.
View paper - Gut microbiomes and reproductive isolation in Drosophila, Leftwich et al. (2017). Outcome recorded: failed.
we failed to recover previously observed patterns of nonrandom mating and found no evidence that mating preferences were associated with diet or gut bacteria.
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