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Drosophila melanogaster females restore their attractiveness after mating by removing male anti-aphrodisiac pheromones

Males from many species ensure paternity by preventing their mates from copulating with other males. One mate-guarding strategy involves marking females with anti-aphrodisiac pheromones (AAPs), which reduces the females' attractiveness and dissuades other males from courting. Since females bene...

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Autores principales: Laturney, Meghan, Billeter, Jean-Christophe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4976142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27484362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12322