Female nutritional status determines the magnitude and sign of responses to a male ejaculate signal in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 157-165

  Fricke, C ^a   Bretman, A ^a,b   Chapman, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessory gland proteins; Ejaculate; Gene environment interaction; Lifespan; Male female coevolution; Sex peptide; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

COEVOLUTION; DIET; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE TABLE; MATING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEPTIDE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; DIET; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; DIET; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 72449122929     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01882.x     Document Type: Article

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