Hold on: Females modulate sperm depletion from storage sites in the fly Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1332-1340

  Bloch Qazi, Margaret C ^a   Hogdal, Leah ^a  

^a GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Female sperm storage; Fertility; Oviposition; Sperm use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FITNESS; FLY; GAMETE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OVIPOSITION; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77955176518     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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