Secondary sexual trait size reveals competitive fertilization success in Drosophila bipectinata Duda

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 753-760

  Polak, Michal ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competitive fertilization success; Drosophila bipectinata; Ejaculate quality; P2; Postcopulatory sexual selection; Sex comb size

Indexed keywords

FLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

DROSOPHILA BIPECTINATA;

EID: 67651100713     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp056     Document Type: Article

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