Male size and mating success in Drosophila melanogaster and D. pseudoobscura under field conditions

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1987
Автори:Partridge, Hoffmann, Jones
Journal:Animal Behaviour
Гучність:35
Проблема:2
Pagination:468 - 476
Date Published:Jan-04-1987
ISSN:00033472
Анотація:

Wild mating male D. melanogaster and D. pseudoobscura were larger than randomly sampled males. That this was due to size and not a confounding effect of age was confirmed by release experiments with D. melanogaster of standard age; larger males were at a mating advantage with virgin and inseminated females. In both species larger males delivered more courtship and in D. pseudoobscura they won more aggressive encounters. These results on Drosophila in the field confirm and extend those previously obtained in the laboratory.

URL-адреса:http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0003347287802725
DOI:10.1016/S0003-3472(87)80272-5
Short Title:Animal Behaviour
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