References & Sources

Her diet changes her taste in guys

Diet can change the mating preferences of predatory soil mites, offering people a clue as to why female choice in mating systems hasn’t wiped out genetic variability.

References:

Lesna, I., and M.W. Sabelis. 1999. Diet-dependent female choice for males with ‘good genes’ in a soil predatory mite. Nature 401(Oct. 7):581.

Sources:

Izabela Lesna
University of Amsterdam
Section for Population Biology
Kruislaan 320
1098 SM Amsterdam
Netherlands

Maurice W. Sabelis
University of Amsterdam
Section for Population Biology
Kruislaan 320
1098 SM Amsterdam
Netherlands

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 18, October 30, 1999, p. 283. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.