Male-male interactions and mating kinetics in Drosophila.

doi:10.1007/BF01065566

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Male-male interactions and mating kinetics in Drosophila.

Behavior genetics - 1 May 1990

Wallace B

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Male-male interaction (K) has been estimated from data on the attrition rate of virgin females per minute in a study of the mating kinetics in Drosophila. K is expressed as the time males expend on other males relative to that expended while searching for, courting, and copulating with females. T...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Male
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Sexual Behavior, Animal

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