Drosophila melanogaster virgins are more likely to mate with strangers than familiar flies

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-256

  Ödeen, Anders ^a,b   Moray, Clea M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Familiar mate; Individual recognition; Mate choice; Rare male effect

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; CONSPECIFIC; COPULATION; FAMILIARITY; FLY; GENOTYPE; INCOMPATIBILITY; MATE CHOICE;

ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FLY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MATE CHOICE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RECOGNITION; RELATIVE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 43049118268     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0314-3     Document Type: Article

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