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Science 8 January 1999:
Vol. 283. no. 5399, pp. 217 - 220
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5399.217
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Female × Male Interactions in Drosophila Sperm Competition

Andrew G. Clark, * David J. Begun, Timothy Prout

In several organisms, the success of a male's sperm in multiply inseminated females depends on the male's genotype. In Drosophila, the female also plays a role in determining which sperm are successful. Pairwise tests among six isogenic lines of Drosophila melanogaster were performed to determine whether there is a genotype-specific interaction in the success of sperm. The success of a particular male's sperm was found to depend on the genotype of the female with which he mates, providing evidence for an interaction with profound evolutionary consequences.

A. G. Clark, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. D. J. Begun, Department of Zoology and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA. T. Prout, Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: c92{at}psu.edu

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