Influence of Food on Reproductive Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

Abstract

In a constantly changing environment, animals are forced to make crucial behavioral choices for survival. Food determines whether wild animals evolve, whether populations decline, or how ecological groups are structured. Animals have the ability to adapt their nutritional needs according to the availability of food, they detect and assimilate nutrients. Drosophila melanogaster, the fruit fly, is considered an important model for various studies. For example, in nutrition research and for understanding the mechanisms of human disease. In this study, we have provided an overview of fruit fly feeding behavior, how diet influences mating behavior and what volatiles attract flies. We show that mating behavior is very closely related to food and that egg laying is influenced by yeast, a very important source of protein.

Keywords

• drosophila melanogaster
• fruit fly
• feeding behavior
• diet
• mating behavior