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A test for the rare male mating advantage in coisogenic strains of Drosophila melanogaster*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Therese A. Markow
Therese A. Markow
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, U.S.A.

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Experiments were carried out to see if rare male mating advantage could be detected when males differ at only one locus. The eye colour mutant sepia was inserted into a strain of Drosophila melanogaster homozygous for a first, second, and third chromosome from the Canton-S strain. Tests for the rare male advantage were conducted using ratios of 4:1, 1:1, and 1:4 of the coisogenic wild-type and sepia males. No deviations from expected types of matings were observed. The results are discussed with respect to possible conditions necessary for the rare male effect to occur.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , October 1978 , pp. 123 - 127
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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