Selection for increased female sexual receptivity in raised stocks of Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1007/BF02197279

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Selection for increased female sexual receptivity in raised stocks of Drosophila melanogaster.

Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 1995

McRobert S P, Schnee F B, Tompkins L

Abstract excerpt

Two third-chromosome mutations in raised (rsd) stocks, when homozygous, cause the wings of Drosophila melanogaster adults to be held upright. Males expressing these mutations cannot vibrate their wings to produce the courtship song, which functions to increase female receptivity to copulation. As...

Topics

Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genes, Insect
Male
Mutation
Selection, Genetic
Sexual Behavior, Animal

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