Courtship signals and mate choice of the flies of inbred Drosophila montana strains

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 583-592

  Suvanto, L ^a,c   Liimatainen, J O ^a   Tregenza, T ^b   Hoikkala, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Courtship songs; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Diallel analysis; Genetic variation; Heterosis; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; GENETIC VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; SIGNALING;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MONTANA; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0033927729     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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