Polyandry increases offspring viability and mother productivity but does not decrease mother survival in Drosophila pseudoobscura

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 31, 2010, Pages 13771-13776

  Gowaty, Patricia Adair ^a,b   Kim, Yong Kyu ^c   Rawlings, Jessica ^c   Anderson, W W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness; Mating system; Monogamy; Multiple mating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; FEMALE; FITNESS; LIFESPAN; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POLYANDRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE;

EID: 77956388831     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006174107     Document Type: Article

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