Female fruit flies use social cues to make egg-clustering decisions
Collectively, the results reveal that females express plasticity in egg clustering according to social environment cues and prefer to lay in clusters of mixed maternity, despite the potential for increased competition. These findings are consistent with egg-clustering plasticity being selected due to cooperative benefits.
Authors
- Marco Archetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8303-1632)
- Amanda Bretman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4421-3337)
- Tracey Chapman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2401-8120)
- Emily K. Fowler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5290-7630)
- Lucy A. Friend (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5728-9384)
- Andrew F. G. Bourke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5891-8816)
- Douglas W. Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8551-5609)
- Emily R. Churchill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0910-8600)
Institutions
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Norwich Research Park (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02382-w
- Primary Topic
- Plant and animal studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Natural Environment Research Council