Mating activity of yellow and sepia Drosophila willistoni mutants.

doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2005.06.004

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Mating activity of yellow and sepia Drosophila willistoni mutants.

Behavioural processes - 30 Sept 2005

da Silva L Basso, Leite D F, Valente V L S, Rohde C

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By analyzing the mating activity of newly isolated yellow and sepia mutants of Drosophila willistoni no difference in behavior between sepia and wild-type flies were observed, whereas yellow males were less successful than wild-type males when competing for females. These results are in agreement with those reported for other Drosophila species. D. willistoni was different in the 'females-competing' crosses...

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Animals
Biological Evolution
Courtship
Drosophila
Female
Male
Mutation
Phenotype
Pigmentation

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PMID: 16098685
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2005.06.004

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