Sperm Competition and Sexual Selection
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Female remating, sperm competition and sexual selection in Drosophila.
Female remating is fundamental to evolutionary biology as it determines the pattern of sexual selection and sexual conflict. Remating in females is an important component of Drosophila mating systems because it affects sperm usage patterns and sexual selection. Remating is common in females of many species of Drosophila in both natural and laboratory populations. It has been reported in many in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heredity
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0018-067X,1365-2540
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6885353