Learning in the context of sexual behaviour and danger in female and male Drosophila pseudoobscura

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-101

  Dukas, Reuven ^a   Durisko, Zachary ^a   Dukas, Lauren ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Drosophila persimilis; Drosophila pseudoobscura; Female; Fruit fly; Learning; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; CONSPECIFIC; FLY; LEARNING; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

DROSOPHILA PERSIMILIS; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA;

EID: 83555174901     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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