Male remating in Drosophila ananassae: Evidence for interstrain variation in remating time and shorter duration of copulation during second mating

Zoological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 389-393

  Singh, Shree Ram ^a   Singh, Bashisth N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA ANANASSAE;

EID: 0034342480     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/jsz.17.389     Document Type: Article

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