Complete growth profile by sex for <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>.

<p>Factors shown to contribute to SSD include (a) critical size, (b) growth rate, (c) and pre-pupal weight loss and are reflected in the sex-specific growth curve (d). The SSD at specific developmental events (hatching, critical size, peak larval mass, pupariation and eclosion) illustrates the changes in SSD throughout development (e). Error bars show 95% confidence intervals.