Sex-specific effects of developmental environment on reproductive trait expression inDrosophila melanogaster
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Sex-specific effects of developmental environment on reproductive trait expression in Drosophila melanogaster
Variation in the expression of reproductive traits provides the raw material upon which sexual selection can act. It is therefore important to understand how key factors such as environmental variation influence the expression of reproductive traits, as these will have a fundamental effect on the evolution of mating systems. It is also important to consider the effects of environmental variatio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecology and Evolution
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2045-7758
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.243