Sexual behaviour: Courting dissatisfaction

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1999, Pages

  O'Kane, Cahir J ^a   Asztalos, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0033594473     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80181-X     Document Type: Note

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