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Pattern of adult eclosion during interspecific competition

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During interspecific competition, eggs of the same age, of 2 different species, experience different speeds of development. In each mixed culture there exist 2 different peaks of adult emergence. Here is a mechanism ensuring that the maximum number of one of the competing species emerges first followed by the other. The possible implications of this are discussed.

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  1. Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Zoology, Manasagangotri, University of Mysore, 570006, Mysore, India

    M. R. Rajasekarasetty, L. Siddaveere Gowda, N. B. Krishnamurthy & H. A. Ranganath

  2. Institut für Genetik, Ruhr Universität, Postfach 102148, D-4630, Bochum 1, Federal Republic of Germany

    M. R. Rajasekarasetty, L. Siddaveere Gowda, N. B. Krishnamurthy & H. A. Ranganath

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  1. M. R. Rajasekarasetty
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Thanks are due to Dr S.R. Ramesh and Iris Sedlak for their assistance in the preparation of the line drawings.

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Rajasekarasetty, M.R., Siddaveere Gowda, L., Krishnamurthy, N.B. et al. Pattern of adult eclosion during interspecific competition. Experientia 38, 561–562 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02327048

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