Evidence for adaptive male mate choice in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1589, 2006, Pages 917-922

  Byrne, Phillip G ^a   Rice, William R ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Fecundity; Male mate choice; Mating costs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FECUNDITY; FLY; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 33744519166     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3372     Document Type: Article

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