MATING PROPENSITIES FROM DIFFERENT RATIOS OF MALE AND FEMALE MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLIES (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE)
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Increasing the total number of flies in a laboratory container to form skewed ratios of high males or females, resulted in a higher proportion of mating pairs and their formation earlier. There were significant female ratio effects on the proportion of flies forming mating pairs. Male ratio effects were not statistically significant but suggested a trend similar to female effects.View this article in BioOne
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