title: The effect of inbreeding on male mating ability inDrosophila melanogaster.
abstract: A set of experiments designed to measure the effect of rapid inbreeding on three components of male mating ability - competitive mating ability, mating rate and fertility - inD. melanogaster were conducted. A drastic reduction in competitive mating ability and mating rate was observed at a rather low level of inbreeding (F = 0.25), but the effect of further inbreeding was small. The results with respect to the effect of inbreeding on sperm quantity and quality were ambiguous due to an unsatisfactory experimental design.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biological and Medical Sciences, Brown University, Providence, R.I., USA.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Pendlebury
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kidwell