Sex peptide causes mating costs in female Drosophila melanogaster.
Conflicts between females and males over reproductive decisions are common . In Drosophila, as in many other organisms, there is often a conflict over how often to mate. The mating frequency that maximizes male reproductive success is higher than that which maximizes female reproductive success . In...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2005
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