dc.creatorBeltramí, Marcial
dc.creatorMedina Muñoz, María Cristina
dc.creatorDel Pino, Francisco
dc.creatorFerveur, Jean Francois
dc.creatorGodoy Herrera, Raúl
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-11T13:04:02Z
dc.date.available2019-03-11T13:04:02Z
dc.date.created2019-03-11T13:04:02Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifierPLoS ONE, Volumen 7, Issue 6, 2018,
dc.identifier19326203
dc.identifier10.1371/journal.pone.0039393
dc.identifierhttps://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/165599
dc.description.abstractIn the wild, larvae of several species of Drosophila develop in heterogeneous and rapidly changing environments sharing resources as food and space. In this scenario, sensory systems contribute to detect, localize and recognize congeners and heterospecifics, and provide information about the availability of food and chemical features of environments where animals live. We investigated the behavior of D. simulans and D. buzzatii larvae to chemicals emitted by conspecific and heterospecific larvae. Our goal was to understand the role of these substances in the selection of pupation sites in the two species that cohabit within decaying prickly pear fruits (Opuntia ficus-indica). In these breeding sites, larvae of D. simulans and D. buzzatii detect larvae of the other species changing their pupation site preferences. Larvae of the two species pupated in the part of the fruit containing no or few heterospecifics, and spent a longer time in/on spots marked by conspecifics rather than heteros
dc.languageen
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile
dc.sourcePLoS ONE
dc.subjectBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)
dc.subjectAgricultural and Biological Sciences (all)
dc.titleChemical cues influence pupation behavior of Drosophila simulans and Drosophila buzzatii in nature and in the laboratory
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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