How does offspring quality change with age in male Drosophila melanogaster?

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 395-402

  Price, Donald K ^a,c   Hansen, Thomas F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Drosophila; Fitness; Good genes; Mate choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FERTILITY; FITNESS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS; MATING; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SURVIVAL; ZYGOTE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032442581     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021677804038     Document Type: Article

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