Deleterious effects of copulation in Drosophila females as a function of growth temperature of both sexes.
In Drosophila females, copulation always results in a reduction of longevity but the gravity of the phenomenon varies according to growth temperature. The harmful effect of adult males, or aggressiveness, is maximum when growth took place at a middle temperature. Female sensitivity, on the other hand, is at a maximum when larvae were reared at exteme, low or high, temperatures.
D000374:Aggression / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D003307:Copulation; D004330:Drosophila / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013696:Temperature