No evidence for heritability of male mating latency or copulation duration across social environments in Drosophila melanogaster.

A key assumption underpinning major models of sexual selection is the expectation that male sexual attractiveness is heritable. Surprisingly, however, empirical tests of this assumption are relatively scarce. Here we use a paternal full-sib/half-sib breeding design to examine genetic and environment...

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Main Authors: Michelle L Taylor, Jonathan P Evans, Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3796456?pdf=render