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. 2014 Dec 9;3:e03785. doi: 10.7554/eLife.03785

Figure 3. Morinda enhances early fitness.

(A–C) Volume (mm3(10−3)) of D. melanogaster wild-type Berlin (wtB) and D. sechellia (14021–0248.25, sec) eggs produced by flies fed a standard diet (sd) or morinda diet (md) (N > 15) (A); D. sechellia (14021–0248.25) flies fed a non-supplemented (−) standard diet (sd), or supplemented with L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (1 mg/ml, l-DOPA) or dopamine (1 mg/ml, DA) (N > 23) (B); D. sechellia (14021–0248.25) flies fed a non-pre-treated (−) morinda diet (md), or pre-treated with catechol-O-methyltransferase (2.5 U per gram of fruit, COMT) or α-methyl-DOPA (0.4 mM, mDp) (N > 10) (C). (D) Egg hatching rate (N > 5) in D. sechellia (14021–0248.25) fed (feed) a standard diet (sd) or morinda diet (md), ovipositing (ovip.) in either media. Different letters denote significant differences (p < 0.01) using ANOVA followed by Tukey's test. Error bars represent s.e.m.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03785.009

Figure 3.

Figure 3—figure supplement 1. Volume of D. sechellia eggs is modulated by morinda diet.

Figure 3—figure supplement 1.

Volume (mm3 (10−3)) of D. sechellia 14021–0248.25 (sec.25) and D. sechellia 14021–0248.31 (sec.31) eggs produced by flies fed a standard diet (sd) or morinda diet (md) (N > 7). Different letters denote significant differences (p < 0.01) using ANOVA followed by Tukey's test. Error bars represent s.e.m.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03785.010

Figure 3—figure supplement 2. Female resource investment on fertility is conserved in D. sechellia.

Figure 3—figure supplement 2.

Histograms of egg volume (mm3 (10−3)) (top), ovariole number (middle), and egg mass production (egg mass, calculated as egg volume × ovariole number) (bottom) in D. sechellia 14021–0248.25 (red bar) and D. sechellia 14021–0248.31 (light red bar) fed a morinda diet, compared to 12 Drosophila siblings (D. ananassae (14024–0371.13), D. erecta (14021–0224.01), D. melanogaster (wild type Berlin and 14021–0231.36), D. mojavensis (15081–1352.22), D. persimilis (14011–0111.49), D. pseudoobscura (14011–0121.94), D. sechellia (14021–0248.25, white bar), D. simulans (14021–0251.195), D. virilis (15010–1051.87), D. willistoni (14030–0811.24), D. yakuba (14021–0261.01), (data from Markow et al., 2009), (grey bar)) fed a standard diet.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03785.011