The deposition of storage fat in the form of triacylglycerol (TAG) is an evolutionarily
conserved strategy to cope with fluctuations in energy availability and metabolic stress …

The parasitoid Leptopilina heterotoma has been used as a model system for more than 70
years, contributing greatly to diverse research areas in ecology and evolution. Here, we …

Nutrient-dependent body size plasticity differs between the sexes in most species, including
mammals. Previous work in Drosophila showed that body size plasticity was higher in …

The numerous beneficial probiotic properties of Lactobacillus reuteri (L. reuteri) include
decreasing metabolic syndrome, preventing disorders linked to oxidative stress, improving …

Overnutrition with dietary sugar can worsen infection outcomes in diverse organisms
including insects and humans, through generally unknown mechanisms. In the present …

Developmental and adult environments can interact in complex ways to influence the fitness
of individuals. Most studies investigating effects of the environment on fitness focus on …

Animals achieve their first mating through the process of sexual maturation. This study
examined the precise and detailed timing of a series of behavioral events, including wing …

Over the last decade, the combination of genetics, transcriptomic and proteomic approaches
yielded substantial insights into the mechanisms behind the synthesis and breakdown of …

Nutrition during the developmental stages has long-term effects on adult physiology,
disease and lifespan, and is termed nutritional programming. However, the underlying …

In arthropods, larger individuals tend to have more fat reserves, but data for many taxa are
still missing. For the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster, only few studies have provided …