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| Provedor de dados: |
Rev. Bras. entomol.
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Are larger and/or more symmetrical Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera, Drosophilidae) males more successful in matings in nature?
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| Autores: |
Pavković-Lučić,Sofija
Kekić,Vladimir
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| Data: |
2011-12-01
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| Ano: |
2011
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| Palavras-chave: |
Body size
Drosophila melanogaster
Fluctuating asymmetry
Mating success
Sex combs
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| Resumo: |
Are larger and/or more symmetrical Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera, Drosophilidae) males more successful in matings in nature? Sexual selection in Drosophila melanogaster, related to body size and fluctuating asymmetry in wing length and number of sex comb teeth in males, was tested in natural conditions. Males collected in copula were significantly larger than those collected as a single, while no difference in mean number of sex comb teeth between copulating and single males was observed. On the other hand, single males had greater asymmetry both for wing length and number of sex comb teeth than their mating counterparts. It looks like that symmetry of these bilateral traits also may play a role in sexual selection in this dipteran species in nature.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262011000400015
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| Editor: |
Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S0085-56262011005000049
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia v.55 n.4 2011
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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