Environment and diet shape the geography-specificDrosophila melanogastermicrobiota composition
Joseph T. Gale,
Rebecca Kreutz,
Sarah J. Gottfredson Morgan
et al.
Abstract:Geographic and environmental variation in the animal microbiota can be directly linked to the evolution and wild fitness of their hosts but often appears to be disordered. Here, we sought to better understand patterns that underlie wild variation in the microbiota composition of Drosophila melanogaster. First, environmental temperature predicted geographic variation in fly microbial communities better than latitude did. The microbiota also differed between wild flies and their diets, supporting previous conclu… Show more
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