No evidence for learned mating discrimination in male Drosophila pseudoobscura

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kandul, Nikolai P ^a   Wright, Kevin M ^a   Kandul, Ekaterina V ^a   Noor, Mohamed A F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PERSIMILIS; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

ANIMALS; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 33746882149     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-6-54     Document Type: Article

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