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Genetic variability in mating activity ofDrosophila melanogaster males

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Male mating activity was measured for 29 lines ofD. melanogaster, made homozygous for the second chromosome. Genetic differences between lines were found to be highly significant. Mating activity of homozygous males was much lower than that of heterozygous ones.

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  1. Biological Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Josai University, 350-2, Sakado, Saitama, Japan

    K. Kosuda

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Kosuda, K. Genetic variability in mating activity ofDrosophila melanogaster males. Experientia 39, 100–101 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01960652

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