Correlated Changes in Body Melanisation and Mating Traits of Drosophila melanogaster: A Seasonal Analysis

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 366-376

  Dev, Kapil ^a   Chahal, Jyoti ^a   Parkash, Ravi ^a   Kataria, Sudhir Kumar ^a  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Autumn; Copulation duration; Correlation; Mating latency; Winter

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84881368137     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-012-9220-5     Document Type: Article

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