Rare male advantage and sex ratio.
Relative success of mutant white and wild-type CS Drosophila melanogaster males is frequency-dependent, if sex ratio is 1:1. If the number of females is constant, this success depends on the ratio between the mutant and wild-type males. The sex ratio changes strongly affect the male mating activity of both genotypes. Emphasis is placed on the general interest of the Ayala equation and the Wattiaux-Lichtenberger equation in frequency-dependence and sex ratio dependence analysis.
Lechien
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Département de Génétique et Physiologie Cellulaire, Faculté de Médecine, Facultés Universitaires N.-D. de la Paix, Namur, Belgique.
Dernoncourt-Sterpin
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Elens
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D000818:Animals; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012744:Sex Ratio