A high throughput method for egg size measurement in Drosophila

Abstract Life-history traits are used as proxies of fitness in insects including Drosophila. Egg size is an adaptive and ecologically important trait potentially with genetic variation across different populations. However, the low throughput of manual measurement of egg size has hampered the widesp...

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Main Authors: Neda Barghi, Claudia Ramirez-Lanzas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30472-8