Mating success of males with and without wing patch in Drosophila biarmipes.
Indian J Exp Biol
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2005 Oct; 43(10): 902-9
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
Some males of D. biarmipes--synonym of D. rajasekari and D. raychaudhuri have a black patch on the wing. The patch extends from the apical margin of wing to the third longitudinal vein. Field and laboratory studies have been carried out in D. biarmipes to study role of male's wing patch in mating success. The field study shows that nature favors D. biarmipes males with patch. Although males without patch mated, males with patch have higher mating success suggesting the role of wing patch during courtship. Further, among mating males, males with patch had longer wings than males without patch. During courtship, males with patch oriented and mated faster; performed courtship acts such as tapping, scissoring, vibration, licking and twist dance more times than males without patch in both competitive and non-competitive situations. The results indicate that there is a casual relationship between the presence of wing patch, mating speed and success. Also there is a correlation between presence of wing patch, size of the flies and mating success.
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Assunto principal:
Reprodução
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Comportamento Sexual Animal
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Fatores de Tempo
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Comportamento Animal
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Feminino
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Masculino
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Fatores Sexuais
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Genes de Insetos
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Cruzamentos Genéticos
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Drosophila
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Indian J Exp Biol
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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