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Male relatedness and familiarity are required to modulate male-induced harm to females in Drosophila

Males compete over mating and fertilization, and often harm females in the process. Inclusive fitness theory predicts that increasing relatedness within groups of males may relax competition and discourage male harm of females as males gain indirect benefits. Recent studies in Drosophila melanogaste...

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Autores principales: Le Page, Sally, Sepil, Irem, Flintham, Ewan, Pizzari, Tommaso, Carazo, Pau, Wigby, Stuart
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5563793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28794215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0441