Control of copula duration and sperm storage by female Queensland fruit flies

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1755-1762

  Pérez Staples, Diana ^a,b   Weldon, Christopher W ^a,c   Radhakrishnan, Preethi ^a,d   Prenter, John ^a   Taylor, Phillip W ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bactrocera tryoni; Copula control; Copulation; Mating termination; Repeatability; Sperm ejection; Spermathecae; Tephritidae; Ventral receptacle

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FITNESS; FLY; SPERM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEPHRITIDAE; TIME;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; TEPHRITIDAE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTROCERA TRYONI; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 77958479629     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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