title: Paying the costs of reproduction.
abstract: When a female fly mates it produces a hormone that increases the size of its midgut and enhances fat metabolism in order to provide the energy needed for reproduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Flatt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology*; D007422:Intestines / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development*; D007605:Juvenile Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D012098:Reproduction
chemical_list: D007605:Juvenile Hormones
keywords: D. melanogaster; developmental biology; intestine; organ plasticity; stem cells