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Last mated male sperm precedence in doubly mated females is not ubiquitous: evidence from sperm competition in laboratory populations of Drosophila nasuta nasuta and Drosophila nasuta albomicans

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We thank the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for financial support, Dr A. G. Clark, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, and Dr K. Ravi Ram, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India for their suggestions and Chairmen of our department for facilities.

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[Shruthi B. and Ramesh S. R. 2013 Last mated male sperm precedence in doubly mated females is not ubiquitous: evidence from sperm competition in laboratory populations of Drosophila nasuta nasuta and Drosophila nasuta albomicans J. Genet. 92, xx–xx]

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SHRUTHI, B., RAMESH, S.R. Last mated male sperm precedence in doubly mated females is not ubiquitous: evidence from sperm competition in laboratory populations of Drosophila nasuta nasuta and Drosophila nasuta albomicans . J Genet 92, 309–312 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-013-0252-0

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