Experimental constraints on mate preferences in Drosophila pseudoobscura decrease offspring viability and fitness of mated pairs.

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Using Drosophila pseudoobscura, we tested the hypothesis that social constraints on the free expression of mate preferences, by both females and males, decrease offspring viability and reproductive success of mating pairs. Mate preference arenas eliminated intrasexual combat and intersexual coerc...

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