Natural variation in the strength and direction of male mating preferences for female pheromones in Drosophila melanogaster

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pischedda, Alison ^a   Shahandeh, Michael P ^a   Cochrane, Wesley G ^a   Cochrane, Veronica A ^a,b   Turner, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PHEROMONES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84900318236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087509     Document Type: Article

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