Sperm Competitive Ability Evolves In Response To Experimental Alteration Of Operational Sex Ratio

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2133-2141

  Nandy, Bodhisatta ^a   Chakraborty, Pratip ^a   Gupta, Vanika ^a   Ali, Syed Zeeshan ^a   Prasad, Nagaraj Guru ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH MOHALI   (India)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; experimental evolution; intersexual conflict; sperm defense; sperm offense

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FLY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SELECTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; INTERSEXUAL CONFLICT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SPERM DEFENSE; SPERM OFFENSE; SPERMATOZOON;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXPERIMENTAL EVOLUTION; INTERSEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM DEFENSE; SPERM OFFENSE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; SEX RATIO; SPERMATOZOA;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84879783622     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12076     Document Type: Article

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