Effects of age on female reproductive success in Drosophila bipectinata

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Somashekar, K ^a   Krishna, M S ^a   Hegde, S N ^a   Jayaramu, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Female age; Male preference; Wing length

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA BIPECTINATA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MALE; OVIPARITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WING;

EID: 84857343822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.011.13201     Document Type: Article

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