The Effects of the Jeeni Millets Traditional Mix on the Sex Ratio of the Drosophila Melanogaster
Author : Kiran K and Krishna MS
Abstract :
The nutritional diet is one of the important external environmental factor which effects on the growth and development, stress resistance, survivability, reproductive fitness and also alters the sex ratio. In the present study the flies of D. melanogaster flies are cultured in the wheat cream agar media, Jeeni millet media and mixed media to understand the effect of Jeeni millet traditional mix on sex ratio in D. melanogaster. The results revealed that the female offspring are produced more than the male offspring of in all the three diets. The Jeeni millet flies produced the more females and less male offspring compared to the Wheat cream agar diet which produced the less females and more male offspring as well as mixed diet shown the average production of male and female offspring. Thus, suggests that the nutritional dietary components in the food alters offspring sex ratio in D. melanogaster.
Keywords :
Nutrition, Jeeni millet, Drosophila melanogaster, Sex ratio
