Dual reproductive cost of aging in male medflies: Dramatic decrease in mating competitiveness and gradual reduction in mating performance

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1368-1374

  Papanastasiou, Stella A ^a   Diamantidis, Alexandros D ^a,b   Nakas, Christos T ^a   Carey, James R ^b   Papadopoulos, Nikos T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Ceratitis capitata; Copulation duration; Male age; Mating competitiveness; Medfly; Sperm transfer

Indexed keywords

AGING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COPULATION; FLY; FRUIT; MATING BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM; TAXONOMY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPULATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ANIMALIA; CERATITIS CAPITATA;

EID: 80052497410     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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