Parasites physically block host copulation: A potent mechanism of parasite-mediated sexual selection

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 952-957

  Polak, Michal ^a   Luong, Lien T ^a   Starmer, William T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Macrocheles; Mate competition; Parasite mediated sexual selection; Parasitism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FLY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INHIBITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MITE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PARASITISM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ACARI; DROSOPHILA NIGROSPIRACULA; MACROCHELES; MACROCHELES SUBBADIUS;

EID: 34548424016     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm066     Document Type: Article

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