Coexistence of three different Drosophila species by rescheduling their life history traits in a natural population.
J Genet
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2005 Dec; 84(3): 283-93
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in English
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ABSTRACT
We present evidence for coexistence of three different Drosophila species by rescheduling their life history traits in a natural population using the same resource, at the same time and same place. D. ananassae has faster larval development time (DT) and faster DT(egg-fly) than other two species thus utilizing the resources at maximum at both larval and adult stages respectively. Therefore, D. ananassae skips the interspecific competition at pre-adult stage but suffers more from intraspecific competition. However, D. melanogaster and D. biarmipes have rescheduled their various life history traits to avoid interspecific competition. Differences of ranks tests for various life history traits suggest that except for DT(egg-pupa), the difference of ranks is highest for the combination of D. melanogaster and D. ananassae for all other life history traits. This difference is maintained by tradeoffs between larval development time and pupal period and between pupal period and DT(egg-pupa) in D. ananassae.
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Main subject:
Reproduction
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Species Specificity
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Temperature
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Female
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Male
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Body Size
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Drosophila
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Larva
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Life Cycle Stages
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Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
J Genet
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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