The courtship song of African Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 143-150

  Colegrave, N ^a   Hollocher, H ^b   Hinton, K ^a   Ritchie, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Courtship song; Drosophila melanogaster; Genetics; Interpulse interval; Sexual isolation

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FLY; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033972583     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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