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Parasite-induced risk of mortality elevates reproductive effort in male Drosophila.

A trade-off between sex and somatic maintenance is fundamental to life-history theory. Tests of this trade-off usually emphasize deleterious consequences of increased reproduction on life span. Here we show the reverse effect, that reductions in the expected life span elevate sexual activity. Experi...

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Hauptverfasser: Polak, M, Starmer, W T
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 1998
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1689506/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9872007
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