Microscale laser surgery reveals adaptive function of male intromittent genitalia

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1686, 2010, Pages 1371-1376

  Polak, Michal ^a   Rashed, Arash ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Function; Genitalia; Laser ablation; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LASER METHOD; MALE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

DROSOPHILA BIPECTINATA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77952285854     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1720     Document Type: Article

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