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Egg laying locations from fruit flies in a social environment manipulation experiment

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This dataset contains data on egg laying rate and site choice of Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies).
Data were collected from laboratory studies to investigate oviposition decisions in Drosophila melanogaster. We manipulated the social environment (flies kept in solitude, pairs, groups of four, or groups of eight) and observed egg locations over 24 hours to understand socially-driven changes in laying rates and site choices. These data were used in the model, to investigate whether location patterns differed significantly from a random null distribution. The model output list K (clustering preference) values produced from Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests run on each fly vial tested.
All data were collected at the University of Leeds, besides data on maternity of eggs which were collected at the University of East Anglia.
Publication date: 2025-07-24
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All data were collected from observation counts under laboratory settings from females kept in solitude, pairs, or groups of four or eight. Eggs were observed under a microscope, and counts were collected on paper and subsequently digitised.

Correspondence/contact details

Emily Churchill
University of Leeds
 e.r.churchill@leeds.ac.uk

Authors

Churchill, E.R.
University of Leeds
Fowler, E.K.
University of East Anglia
Friend, L.A.
University of East Anglia
Archetti, M.
Pennsylvania State University
Yu, D.W.
University of East Anglia
Bourke, A.F.G.
University of East Anglia
Chapman, T.
University of East Anglia
Bretman, A.
University of Leeds

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University of Leeds
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
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Topic categories
environment
Keywords
Animal behaviour , Cooperative oviposition , Density , Drosophila melanogaster , Ecosystem services , Evolutionary ecology , Fitness , Laying rate , Modelling , Public goods
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/T007133/1
Last updated
24 July 2025 09:53