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Larva-to-adult and pupa-to-adult mortality dynamics in crowded cultures ofDrosophila melanogaster

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Pupal mortality is shown here to bear the main responsibility for total mortality duringDrosophila melanogaster development in crowded conditions. The dynamics of the pupa-to-adult and larva-to-adult processes of mortality follows a S-shaped logistic model, like survival in density-dependent processes. Data given here confirm to some extent Wallace's suggestion that pupal mortality is a density-dependent process.

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Moya, A., Botella, L.M. Larva-to-adult and pupa-to-adult mortality dynamics in crowded cultures ofDrosophila melanogaster . Genetica 67, 201–207 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02424491

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