Feeding, fecundity and lifespan in female Drosophila melanogaster

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1643, 2008, Pages 1675-1683

  Barnes, Andrew I ^a   Wigby, Stuart ^a   Boone, James M ^a,b   Partridge, Linda ^a   Chapman, Tracey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Fruitless; Life history; Mating costs; Seminal fluid; Sex peptide

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

AGING; COPULATION; EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; FLY; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SECRETION; STERILITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; FEEDING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVERNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 44949153451     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0139     Document Type: Article

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