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VOL. 6, ISSUE 6 (2021)
Male age influence on courtship behaviors in three geographical strains of Drosophila malerkotliana
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Shivakumar P
Abstract
In Studies of age based female mate preference suggested that female preference for male age in different taxa was found to be mixed and various hypotheses have been proposed with conflicting prediction. The present study it is noticed that in all the three geographical strains of D. malerkotliana female mated with middle aged males showed greater courtship acts than those female mated with young male and old male. The female generally showed lesser responses (decamping, extruding and ignoring) to middle aged males than to young and old males and here there was significant variation in female decamping, ignoring and extruding behavior toward males of different ages.
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Pages:148-152
How to cite this article:
Shivakumar P "Male age influence on courtship behaviors in three geographical strains of <em>Drosophila malerkotliana</em> ". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 6, Issue 6, 2021, Pages 148-152
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