Size dependent sexual selection in Drosophila ananassae

Genetica

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-217

  Sisodia, Seema ^a   Singh, Bashisth N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Drosophila ananassae; duration of copulation; locomotor activity; sterile mating; wing size

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DROSOPHILA; FERTILITY; FORELIMB; GENETICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DROSOPHILA; FERTILITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WING;

DROSOPHILA ANANASSAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544376982     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GENE.0000040390.90003.7f     Document Type: Article

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