Computational and Spectroscopic Investigation of 7 - Azaindole : Solvation and Intermolecular Interactions Part II

Fertility and immunity are concurrently upregulated in Drosophila melanogaster females after normal mating, potentially requiring physiological trade-offs. Using a novel bacterial introduction method, I observed female copulatory Serratia marcescens receipt and infection. Immuno-competent females surviving copulatory S. marcescens exposure had significantly reduced progeny production during the second week after mating, a reduction not observed in immuno-compromised females. These findings suggest early-life immunity introduces late-life trade-offs in fertility for females receiving copulatory bacterial exposure.