A mortality cost of virginity at older ages in female Mediterranean fruit flies

Authors: Carey J.R.¹; Liedo P.; Harshman L.; Zhang Y.; Muller H.-G.; Partridge L.; Wang J.-L.

Source: Experimental Gerontology, Volume 37, Number 4, April 2002 , pp. 507-512(6)

Publisher: Elsevier

Keywords: Mediterranean fruit fly; Ceratitis capitata; Cost of reproduction; Cost of mating; Life tables; Age-specific mortality

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(01)00230-3

Affiliations: 1: Department of Entomology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

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