Fig. 2: Mating decreases males’ yeast preference.
From: Mating reconciles fitness and fecundity by switching diet preference in flies
a Yeast preference of males in different mating statuses tested by CAFE assay. The left panel represents a schematic diagram of the CAFE assay. Mean ± SEM, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, two-tailed unpaired t-tests. b Yeast preference of males in different mating statuses tested by a two-choice assay. The left panel represents a schematic diagram of a two-choice assay. Mean ± SEM. ***p < 0.001, two-tailed unpaired t-tests. n = 16, 17. c Cumulative sips of YS food and S food in unmated and mated males recorded by flyPAD. The left panel represents a schematic diagram of the flyPAD assay. n = 10, 10. The line represents the mean, and the shading indicates the SEM. d Yeast preference of males when painted with 7,11-HD. The numbers on the columns represented replicate values. Mean ± SEM, **p < 0.01,*p < 0.05, n.s. not significant, two-tailed Mann–Whitney nonparametric tests. e Yeast preference of males when exposed to immobile females. Mean ± SEM, **p < 0.01,*p < 0.05, n.s. not significant, two-tailed unpaired t-tests. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
