Developmental environment mediates male seminal protein investment in Drosophila melanogaster

Functional Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 410-419

  Wigby, Stuart ^a   Perry, Jennifer C ^a   Kim, Yon Hee ^a   Sirot, Laura K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition; Density; Development; Ovulin; Sex peptide; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FLY; MALE BEHAVIOR; PEPTIDE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPERM COMPETITION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84961182955     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12515     Document Type: Article

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