Selfish genetic elements promote polyandry in a fly

Science

Volumn 322, Issue 5905, 2008, Pages 1241-1243

  Price, T A R ^a   Hodgson, D J ^a   Lewis, Z ^b   Hurst, G D D ^c   Wedell, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; COPULATION; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FLY; MULTIPLE MATING; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; SPERM COMPETITION;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; MATING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYANDRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM COUNT;

DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA;

EID: 56749171367     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1163766     Document Type: Article

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