No evidence of mate discrimination against males carrying a sex ratio distorter in Drosophila pseudoobscura

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 561-568

  Price, T A R ^a,b   Lewis, Z ^b   Smith, D T ^a   Hurst, G D D ^b   Wedell, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Meiotic drive; Selfish genetic element; Sex ratio distortion

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CHROMOSOME; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FLY; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SPERMATOPHORE;

DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA;

EID: 84858155765     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1304-1     Document Type: Article

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