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Natural variation in male-induced 'cost-of-mating' and allele-specific association with male reproductive genes in Drosophila melanogaster.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 28 Feb 2006
Fiumera Anthony C, Dumont Bethany L, Clark Andrew G
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One of the most sharply defined sexual conflicts arises when the act of mating is accompanied by an inflated risk of death. Several reports have documented an increased death rate of female Drosophila as a result of recurrent mating. Transgenic and mutation experiments have further identified components of seminal fluid that are at least in part responsible for this toxicity. Variation among males in their...
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