No evidence for minority male mating advantage in wild type strains of Drosophila ananassae tested in multiple-choice experiments

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 317-326

  Som, Arundhati ^a   Singh, Bashisth N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Drosophila ananassae; Heterogamic matings; Homogamic matings; Mating preference; Multiple choice experiments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA ANANASSAE; FEMALE; GENETIC STRAIN; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

DROSOPHILA ANANASSAE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 2442599144     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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