The Influence of Dietary Factors on Reproduction in the Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster
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..............................................................................................................................................II ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...................................................................................................................... III TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................................................ IV LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................ VI LIST OF APPENDICES........................................................................................................................VII CHAPTER 1 ...............................................................................................................................................1 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON REPRODUCTION......................................................................1 SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................................3 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT:.......................................................................................................................6 RECOGNITION OF THE ENVIRONMENT......................................................................................................9 Perceiving Volatile Cues .....................................................................................................................9 Perceiving Non-Volatile/Contact Cues .............................................................................................12 THESIS OBJECTIVES: ..............................................................................................................................14 CHAPTER 2 .............................................................................................................................................16 MATERIALS AND METHODS.............................................................................................................16 FLY STOCKS: ..........................................................................................................................................16 REARING CONDITIONS: ..........................................................................................................................18 FLY COLLECTIONS: ................................................................................................................................18 GENETICS: ..............................................................................................................................................19 NUTRITION: ............................................................................................................................................19 BEHAVIOURAL ASSAYS: .........................................................................................................................20 The 1x1 assay: ...................................................................................................................................20 The 6x6 assay: ...................................................................................................................................20 PROGENY ANALYSIS:..............................................................................................................................21 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: ........................................................................................................................21 CHAPTER 3 .............................................................................................................................................22 FOOD AND REPRODUCTION.............................................................................................................22
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