Female-driven mechanisms, ejaculate size and quality contribute to the lower fertility of sex-ratio distorter males in Drosophila simulans

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Angelard, Caroline ^a,b,c   Montchamp Moreau, Catherine ^a,b   Joly, Dominique ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; DROSOPHILA; FERTILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TIME;

DROSOPHILA SIMULANS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; SEMEN; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149194787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-326     Document Type: Article

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