Size-assortative mating in Drosophila malerkotliana

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 419-426

  Hegde, S N ^a   Krishna, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; MATING SUCCESS; SIZE-ASSORTATIVE MATING; WING SIZE;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MALERKOTLIANA; DROSOPHILIDAE; DROSPHILA MALERKOTLIANA;

EID: 0031214505     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0485     Document Type: Article

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