
%0 Journal Article
%A Atkinson, WD 
%T Gregarious Oviposition in Drosophila Melanogaster Is Explained by Surface Texture.
%J Australian Journal of Zoology
%D 1983/12/01
%V 31
%N 6
%P 925-929
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9830925
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9830925 
%X Laboratory experiments showed that the previously reported tendency of D. melanogaster females to lay their eggs close to other Drosophila eggs and larvae, was really a response to surface texture. Oviposition was encouraged by a rough surface, and the presence of eggs and larvae on smooth food medium provided sufficient surface texture to stimulate egg-laying. Such an effect would certainly not be significant in natural breeding sites. 
