Unique Sterol in the Ecology and Nutrition of 'Drosophila pachea'
Heed WB and Kircher HW. 1965. Unique Sterol in the Ecology and Nutrition of 'Drosophila pachea'. Science. 149(3685)
Drosophila pachea, which breeds only in the stems of senita cactus (Lophocereus schottii) throughout the Sonoran Desert, requires the cactus as a dietary supplement when reared on laboratory media.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Heed, W.; Kircher, H.
- Units
- ORPI
- Keywords
- fruitflies