Loading...

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...

Fuld beskrivelse

Na minha lista:
Bibliografiske detaljer
Main Authors: Polak, M, Starmer, W T
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: 1998
Fag:
Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1689506/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9872007
Tags: Tilføj Tag
Ingen Tags, Vær først til at tagge denne postø!