Larval rearing environment affects several postcopulatory traits in Drosophila melanogaster

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 607-610

  McGraw, Lisa A ^a   Fiumera, Anthony C ^b   Ramakrishnan, Meera ^c   Madhavarapu, Swetha ^c   Clark, Andrew G ^c   Wolfner, Mariana F ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory gland proteins; Body size; Sperm competition; Sperm storage; Transcript levels

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; COPULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; COPULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 38449119008     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0334     Document Type: Article

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