Does sexual experience affect the strength of male mate choice for high‐quality females in Drosophila melanogaster?
Abstract Although females are traditionally thought of as the choosy sex, there is increasing evidence in many species that males will preferentially court or mate with certain females over others when given a choice. In the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, males discriminate between potential ma...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021-12-01
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Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8334 |