Recongition and sexual selection in Drosophila: classification, quantification, and identification

Leonard, J.E.; Ehrman, L.

Science 193(4254): 693-695

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0036-8075
PMID: 948745
Document Number: 109941
D. pseudoobscura females show a positive bias toward mating with males whose proportion in the population is low. They can perform this discrimination even when 3 strains of males are present. The olfactory recognition required for this discrimination entails a hierarchically ordered recognition system and a natural unit of olfactory strength.

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