Pleiotropic Effects of DDT Resistance on Male Size and Behaviour
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DOI: 10.1007/s10519-017-9850-6
Abstract: Understanding the evolution and spread of insecticide resistance requires knowing the relative fitness of resistant organisms. In the absence of insecticides, resistance is predicted to be costly. The Drosophila melanogaster DDT resistance allele (DDT-R) is… read more here.
Keywords: ddt resistance; pleiotropic effects; effects ddt; resistance ... See more keywords
Strength of female mate preferences in temperature manipulation study supports the signal reliability hypothesis
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303691
Abstract: Both sexually selected traits and mate preferences for these traits can be context dependent, yet how variation in preferred traits could select for context dependent preferences has rarely been examined. The signal reliability hypothesis predicts… read more here.
Keywords: mate preferences; strength; male size; reliability ... See more keywords