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Ejaculate Cost and Male Choice

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1981 • 992 citations

Sperm competition games: raffles and roles

1990 • 668 citations

A male accessory gland peptide that regulates reproductive behavior of female D. melanogaster

1988 • 662 citations

Cryptic Female Choice and Its Implications in the Scorpionfly Harpobittacus nigriceps

1983 • 662 citations

Sperm Competition and the Evolution of Animal Mating Strategies

1984 • 604 citations

Sexual selection for sensory exploitation in the frog Physalaemus pustulosus

1990 • 586 citations

Dual Function of the Damselfly Penis: Sperm Removal and Transfer

1979 • 561 citations

The Influence of Size and Phylogeny on Patterns of Covariation among Life-History Traits in the Mammals

1983 • 529 citations

Why are there so many tiny sperm? Sperm competition and the maintenance of two sexes

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1984 • 461 citations

Courtship Persistence and Female-Guarding as Male Time Investment Strategies

1974 • 456 citations

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Sperm Utilization Strategies in Nonsocial Insects

1980 • 441 citations

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1990 • 412 citations

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1995 • 369 citations

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1994 • 368 citations

Sperm (ejaculate) competition in Drosophila melanogaster, and the reproductive value of females to males in relation to female age and mating status

1976 • 360 citations

Delayed male maturity is a cost of producing large sperm in Drosophila.

1995 • 340 citations

Orthopteran Mating Systems: Sexual Competition In A Diverse Group Of Insects

1982 • 313 citations

Sperm competition games: individual assessment of sperm competition intensity by group spawners

1996 • 312 citations

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1970 • 304 citations

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1976 • 298 citations

Sexual Selection and Nuptial Feeding Behavior in Bittacus apicalis (Insecta: Mecoptera)

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Multiple Mating and Sperm Competition in the Lepidoptera

1984 • 282 citations

Female choice in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus (De Geer)

1986 • 280 citations

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1994 • 275 citations

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1994 • 266 citations

Investment in Testes and the Cost of Making Long Sperm in Drosophila

1996 • 265 citations

Continuous variation in reproductive strategy as an adaptive response to population density in the moth Plodia interpunctella

1995 • 265 citations

Mass and production rate of ejaculates in relation to monandry/polyandry in butterflies

1989 • 257 citations

Sperm Competition, Sperm Depletion, Paternal Care, and Relative Testis Size in Birds

1991 • 251 citations

Why do Females Make it so Difficult for Males to Fertilize their Eggs?

1993 • 248 citations

Male Mating Effort, Confidence of Paternity, and Insect Sperm Competition

1984 • 244 citations

COPULATORY COURTSHIP AND CRYPTIC FEMALE CHOICE IN INSECTS

1991 • 232 citations

Male Crickets Feed Females to Ensure Complete Sperm Transfer

1984 • 228 citations

Probing the function of Drosophila melanogaster accessory glands by directed cell ablation.

1993 • 226 citations

Sexual selection by cryptic female choice on male seminal products - a new bridge between sexual selection and reproductive physiology

1995 • 224 citations

Risk of sperm competition directly affects ejaculate size in the Mediterranean fruit fly

1991 • 222 citations

Hemocytic and humoral immunity in arthropods

1987 • 221 citations

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Male crickets increase sperm number in relation to competition and female size

1996 • 219 citations

Eunuchs: The Role of Apyrene Sperm in Lepidoptera?

1984 • 214 citations

Multiple Mating, Sperm Utilization, and Social Evolution

1982 • 213 citations

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1994 • 207 citations

Facultative sex ratios and population dynamics

1978 • 207 citations

The Evolution of mating systems in insects and arachnids

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Analysing sperm competition data: simple models for predicting mechanisms

1990 • 206 citations

Stretch reception in the bursa copulatrix of the butterfly,Pieris rapae crucivora, and its role in behaviour

1979 • 204 citations

Sperm competition as a mechanism of female choice in the field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus

1987 • 201 citations

The chemistry of sexual selection.

1995 • 197 citations

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Sperm Transfer and Use in the Multiple Mating System of Drosophila

1984 • 195 citations

Sources of Intraspecific Variation in Sperm Precedence in Red Flour Beetles

1990 • 195 citations

Sperm Competition and the Evolution of Odonate Mating Systems

1984 • 190 citations

Postmating Female Odor in Heliconius Butterflies: A Male-Contributed Antiaphrodisiac?

1976 • 190 citations

Effects of risks of sperm competition on the numbers of eupyrene and apyrene sperm ejaculated by the moth Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

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1970 • 179 citations

A cytochemical analysis of the functional interrelations of various cell structures in Arvelius albopunctatus (de geer)

1950 • 175 citations

Some Aspects of the Reproductive Biology of Drosophila: Sperm Transfer, Sperm Storage, and Sperm Utilization

1973 • 171 citations

Post-meiotic gene expression

1990 • 165 citations

Ejaculate size varies with socio‐sexual situation in an insect

1991 • 162 citations

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1988 • 162 citations

Prolonged copulation: A male ?postcopulatory? strategy in a promiscuous species, Lygaeus equestris (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)

1981 • 161 citations

Mating Behavior and Natural Selection

1979 • 160 citations

Evolution of phenotypic optima and copula duration in dungflies

1994 • 159 citations

Population structure of pierid butterflies IV. Genetic and physiological investment in offspring by male Colias

1981 • 156 citations

Sperm competition games: sperm size and number under gametic control

1993 • 152 citations

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1982 • 152 citations

Multiple mating, sperm competition and meiotic drive

1995 • 152 citations

Pheromonal advertisement of a nuptial gift by a male moth (Utetheisa ornatrix).

1991 • 148 citations

Repeated Copulation and Sperm Precedence: Paternity Assurance for a Male Brooding Water Bug

1979 • 148 citations

Female monogamy and its control in houseflies

1967 • 147 citations

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1981 • 144 citations

Increased male fertility in Tribolium confusum beetles after infection with the intracellular parasite Wolbachia

1995 • 143 citations

Male size, mating potential and lifetime reproductive success in the field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus (De Geer)

1988 • 143 citations

Ejaculate esterase 6 and initial sperm use by female Drosophila melanogaster

1981 • 141 citations

FEMALE CONTROL OF SPERM TRANSFER AND INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN SPERM PRECEDENCE: ANTECEDENTS TO THE EVOLUTION OF A COURTSHIP FOOD GIFT

1996 • 140 citations

Bushcricket spermatophores vary in accord with sperm competition and parental investment theory

1993 • 139 citations

INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN SPERM COMPETITION SUCCESS OF YELLOW DUNG FLIES, SCATOPHAGA STERCORARIA

1992 • 138 citations

Postcopulatory sexual selection in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix).

1993 • 138 citations

Dung fly struggles: Evidence for assessment strategy

1981 • 138 citations

Large-male advantages associated with costs of sperm production in Drosophila hydei, a species with giant sperm.

1994 • 135 citations

Sperm in Competition

1984 • 135 citations

Courtship Feeding in Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): Investment in Offspring or in Obtaining Fertilizations?

1986 • 131 citations

Sexual selection in flour beetles: the relationship between sperm precedence and male olfactory attractiveness

1994 • 130 citations

Variation in copulation duration in Mnais pruinosa pruinosa Selys (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

1989 • 129 citations

Sperm competition in the water strider, Gerris remigis

1989 • 127 citations

Evidence for Widespread Courtship During Copulation in 131 Species of Insects and Spiders, and Implications for Cryptic Female Choice

1994 • 127 citations

A POSTINSEMINATION BARRIER TO FERTILIZATION ISOLATES TWO CLOSELY RELATED GROUND CRICKETS

1994 • 126 citations

Female choice contributes to offspring fitness in the field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus (De Geer)

1987 • 124 citations

Paternity assurance by ?helpful? males: adaptations to sperm competition in burying beetles

1989 • 124 citations

Females influence sperm storage and use in the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria (L.)

1993 • 123 citations

Male copulatory guarding enhances female foraging in a water strider

1984 • 123 citations

Sexual selection for large male size in a polyandrous butterfly: the effect of body size on male versus female reproductive success in Pieris napi

1995 • 122 citations

SPERMATOPHORE SIZE IN BUSHCRICKETS: COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE FOR NUPTIAL GIFTS AS A SPERM PROTECTION DEVICE

1993 • 122 citations

The refractory period of female katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): sexual conflict over the remating interval?

1991 • 121 citations

Sperm Competition and the Evolution of Multiple Mating

1991 • 118 citations

The notal organ of the scorpionfly (Panorpa vulgaris): an adaptation to coerce mating duration

1991 • 118 citations

Courtship feeding in katydids benefits the mating male's offspring

1988 • 117 citations

Prolonged mating in the milkweed leaf beetle Labidomera clivicollis clivicollis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): a test of the “sperm-loading” hypothesis

1986 • 116 citations

Sperm Competition in Muroid Rodents

1984 • 113 citations

Sexual Selection in a Water Strider: The Function, Mechanism of Selection and Heritability of a Male Grasping Apparatus

1989 • 113 citations

Last-male sperm precedence breaks down when females mate with three males

1994 • 113 citations

Prostaglandins in Insect Reproduction

1986 • 112 citations

Protandry and mate assessment in the wartbiter Decticus verrucivorus (Orthoptera : Tettigoniidae)

1992 • 112 citations

Sperm competition and variation in zebra mating behavior

1990 • 110 citations

Adaptive significance of postcopulatory guarding of mates and nonmates by male Calopteryx maculata (Odonata)

1979 • 110 citations

Resource Acquisition and Alternative Mating Strategies in Water Striders

1984 • 107 citations

Evaluating Models of Sexual Selection: Genitalia as a Test Case

1993 • 107 citations

A model of constant random sperm displacement during mating: evidence from Scatophaga

1991 • 107 citations

Functional nonequivalence of sperm in Drosophila pseudoobscura.

1994 • 106 citations

Evidence for widespread sperm displacement ability among Zygoptera (Odonata) and the means for predicting its presence

1986 • 105 citations

Sexual Selection and Insect Sperm

1980 • 105 citations

Sperm competition or sperm selection: no evidence for female influence over paternity in yellow dung flies Scatophaga stercoraria

1996 • 105 citations

Copulation duration and sperm precedence in the stalk-eyed fly Cyrtodiopsis whitei (Diptera : Diopsidae)

1993 • 104 citations

Female Choice and the Adaptive Significance of Prolonged Copulation in Nezara Viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

1980 • 104 citations

Sperm competition in frogs: testis size and a ‘sterile male’ experiment on Chiromantis xerampelina (Rhacophoridae)

1993 • 104 citations

Polyandrous female butterflies forage for matings

1994 • 103 citations

Pre-mating sperm removal in the bushcricket Metaplastes ornatus Ramme 1931 (Orthoptera, Tettigonoidea, Phaneropteridae)

1991 • 102 citations

Sperm Precedence in the Fertilization of Eggs in Tribolium Castaneum1

1960 • 101 citations

Operational sex ratios and sperm limitation in populations of Drosophila pachea

1993 • 101 citations

SPERM COMPETITION SELECTS FOR NUPTIAL FEEDING IN A BUSHCRICKET

1991 • 100 citations

Spermatophore size as determinant of paternity in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix).

1994 • 99 citations

Sperm competition in the damselfly Enallagma hageni Walsh (Odonata: Coenagrionidae): benefits of multiple mating to males and females

1984 • 97 citations

Multiple Sex Pheromones of the Mealworm Beetle, Tenebrio molitor L.

1969 • 97 citations

Multiple Insemination and Male Sexual Selection in Natural Populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura

1977 • 95 citations

Removal and subsequent ingestion of rivals' semen during copulation in a tree cricket

1989 • 94 citations

Mate competition in butterflies

1994 • 91 citations

Sperm precedence in zebra finches does not require special mechanisms of sperm competition

1995 • 90 citations

Biological effects of paragonial substances PS-1 and PS-2, in females of Drosophila funebris

1974 • 89 citations

Female control of paternity in the internally fertilizing compound ascidian Diplosoma listerianum. II. Investigation of male mating success using RAPD markers

1996 • 89 citations

Asymmetrical homogamy and unequal sex ratio from reciprocal mating-order crosses between Chorthippus parallelus subspecies

1992 • 87 citations

Differences across taxa in nuptial gift size correlate with differences in sperm number and ejaculate volume in bushcrickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

1996 • 86 citations

Female control of paternity in the internally fertilizing compound ascidian Diplosoma listerianum . I. Autoradiographic investigation of sperm movements in the female reproductive tract

1996 • 86 citations

Population Biology of the Butterfly, Euphydryas editha. I. Barriers to Multiple Inseminations

1964 • 86 citations

Sperm competition selects for male mate choice and protandry in the bushcricket, Requena verticalis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

1994 • 85 citations

Determination of paternity in dragonflies by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA fingerprinting

1993 • 85 citations

Ejaculate substances that affect female insect reproductive physiology and behavior: Honest or arbitrary traits?

1995 • 84 citations

The adaptive significance of mate guarding in the soapberry bug,Jadera Haematoloma (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae)

1991 • 84 citations

Sperm Displacement Without Sperm Transfer in Drosophila melanogaster

1994 • 83 citations

Spernathecal morphology, sperm transfer and a novel mechanism of sperm displacement in the rove beetle, Aleochara curtula (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

1994 • 82 citations

Female choice and the relatedness of mates in the field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus

1991 • 82 citations

Sperm precedence and homogamy across a hybrid zone in the alpine grasshopper Podisma pedestris

1989 • 82 citations

A comparative investigation of the mating system of Drosophila hydei

1985 • 81 citations

Protein content of spermatophores in relation to monandry/polyandry in butterflies

1995 • 81 citations

THE FEEDING AND MATING BEHAVIOUR OF THE SPECIALIZED EMPIDINAE (DIPTERA); OBSERVATIONS ON FOUR SPECIES OFRHAMPHOMYIAIN THE HIGH ARCTIC AND A GENERAL DISCUSSION

1970 • 80 citations

RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND MATING SYSTEMS IN BUTTERFLIES

1995 • 80 citations

The incidence of sperm displacement in insects: four conjectures, one corroboration

1989 • 78 citations

Sperm transfer, displacement and precedence in Ischnura graellsii (Odonata : Coenagrionidae)

1992 • 77 citations

STUDIES OF ESTERASE 6 IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER . V. PROGENY PRODUCTION AND SPERM USE IN FEMALES INSEMINATED BY MALES HAVING ACTIVE OR NULL ALLELES

1981 • 76 citations

Functions of the spermathecal muscle of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis

1975 • 76 citations

Sperm transfer and storage in relation to sperm competition in Callosobruchus maculatus

1994 • 76 citations

Post-insemination signalling systems and reinforcement

1993 • 75 citations

Intraspecific variation in sperm precedence in the bruchid beetle Callosobruchus maculatus

1994 • 75 citations

The effect of postcopulatory male behaviour on ejaculate distribution within the female sperm storage organs of the fly, Dryomyza anilis (Diptera : Dryomyzidae)

1991 • 74 citations

The gin trap as a device facilitating coercive mating in sagebrush crickets

1995 • 72 citations

Sperm precedence in the domestic fowl

1995 • 72 citations

Mate guarding and sperm displacement in the water strider Gerris lateralis Schumm. (Heteroptera: Gerridae)

1988 • 70 citations

Animal Genitalia and Female Choice

1990 • 69 citations

Prolonged copulation as a post-insemination guarding tactic in a natural population of the ragwort seed bug

1989 • 68 citations

THE SWITCHOVER FROM VIRGIN TO MATED BEHAVIOR IN FEMALE CECROPIA MOTHS: THE ROLE OF THE BURSA COPULATRIX

1973 • 67 citations

THE EFFECT OF EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN ON FEMALE RECEPTIVITY TO REMATING AND ITS IMPACT ON REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

1984 • 67 citations

Molecular genetic analysis of sperm competition in the damselfly Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden)

1996 • 66 citations

The disposition and genetic diversity of stored sperm in females of the damselfly Calopteryx splendens xanthostoma (Charpentier)

1995 • 65 citations

Alternative Hypotheses for Traits Believed to Have Evolved by Sperm Competition

1984 • 64 citations

REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES IN THE BUTTERFLIES: I. MATING FREQUENCY, PLUGGING, AND EGG NUMBER

2016 • 63 citations

Underwater oviposition in a damselfly (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) favors male vigilance, and multiple mating by females

1986 • 63 citations

Radiation sterilization and the effect of multiple mating of females in Glossina austeni

1968 • 63 citations

?Longevity? of sperm within the female of the melon fly,Dacus cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae), and its relevance to sperm competition

1991 • 63 citations

Sperm competition and the evolution of the precopulatory passive phase behaviour in Locusta migratoria migratorioides

1975 • 62 citations

THE POPULATION BIOLOGY OF THE BUTTERFLY, EUPHYDRYAS EDITHA. IV. SPERM PRECEDENCE—A PRELIMINARY REPORT

1966 • 62 citations

Results of Consecutive Matings of Female Anopheles gambiae Species B with Fertile and Sterile Males

1968 • 61 citations

Sperm precedence in the dragonfly Erythemis simplicicollis

1984 • 61 citations

Drosophila subobscura females preferentially select long sperm for storage and use

1996 • 60 citations

Coadaptation and Taxonomic Differentiation of Sperm and Spermathecae in Featherwing Beetles

1981 • 59 citations

Post-copulatory male behaviour, sperm precedence and multiple mating in a solitary parasitoid wasp

1994 • 58 citations

Reproduction of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly:1Frequency of Mating in the Laboratory

1971 • 58 citations

Plasticity of the reproductive behaviour in a dragonfly, Sympetrum parvulum Barteneff, with reference to the social relationship of males and the density of territories

1979 • 56 citations

A Postinsemination Barrier to Fertilization Isolates Two Closely Related Ground Crickets

1994 • 56 citations

Function of the spermathecal muscle in Chelymorpha alternans Boheman (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

1994 • 56 citations

The Reproductive Behaviour and the Nature of Sexual Selection in Scatophaga Stercorarial. (Diptera: Scatophagidae)

1970 • 55 citations

Relative Parental Expenditure, Potential Reproductive Rates, and the Control of Sexual Selection in Katydids

1995 • 55 citations

Phenotypic fitness effects of the selfish B chromosome, paternal sex ratio (PSR) in the parasitic waspNasonia vitripennis

1994 • 55 citations

Female benefit, male risk: Polyandry in the true armyworm Pseudaletia unipuncta

1994 • 55 citations

The function of the mating plug in the chalcedon checkerspot butterfly

1989 • 55 citations

Mating behavior and sperm competition in the fly, Dryomyza anilis

1990 • 54 citations

Female Control of Sperm Transfer and Intraspecific Variation in Sperm Precedence: Antecedents to the Evolution of a Courtship Food Gift

1996 • 53 citations

INSEMINATION REACTION INDROSOPHILA: FOUND IN SPECIES WHOSE MALES CONTRIBUTE MATERIAL TO OOCYTES BEFORE FERTILIZATION

1988 • 53 citations

Gamma Irradiation of the Tobacco Budworm: Sterilization, Competitiveness, and Observations on Reproductive Biology1

1968 • 53 citations

Sperm Precedence of the Last Mating in Spodoptera litura

1979 • 52 citations

Courtship Feeding and the Fitness of Female Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

1988 • 52 citations

Spermatophore Size in Bushcrickets: Comparative Evidence for Nuptial Gifts as a Sperm Protection Device

1993 • 52 citations

Some Effects of Gamma Radiation on the Reproductive Potential of the Codling Moth, Carpocapsa pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae)

1962 • 51 citations

Hypersexual Activity Induced in Females of the Cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea

1962 • 51 citations

The role of sperm numbers in sperm competition and female remating in Drosophila melanogaster

1985 • 51 citations

Individual Variation in Sperm Competition Success of Yellow Dung Flies, Scatophaga stercoraria

1992 • 50 citations

Sexual Selection in a Brentid Weevil

1982 • 49 citations

Signalling fitness: larger males sire more offspring. Studies of the stalk-eyed fly Cyrtodiopsis whitei (Diopsidae, Diptera)

1994 • 48 citations

Variation in sperm length in the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria (L)

1993 • 48 citations

A GENETIC DETERMINATION OF INSEMINATION FREQUENCY AND SPERM PRECEDENCE IN THE GERMAN COCKROACH

1979 • 48 citations

Post-copulatory mate guarding by males of the demselfly Hetaerina vulnerata Selys (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

1982 • 48 citations

Postcopulatory, prezygotic isolation: intraspecific and interspecific sperm precedence in Tribolium spp., flour beetles

1994 • 46 citations

Intracolonial worker relationship and sperm competition in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)

1986 • 46 citations

Nuptial gift size prolongs copulation duration in the dance fly Empis borealis

1990 • 46 citations

Behavior and Population Structure of the Damselfly, Enallagma civile (Hagen) (Odonata: Coenagriidae)

1963 • 46 citations

Removal of rival sperm during copulation in a beetle, Tenebrio molitor

1992 • 46 citations

Trade-offs between postcopulatory riding and mate location in the blue milkweed beetle

1995 • 45 citations

Another way of being anisogamous in Drosophila subgenus species: giant sperm, one-to-one gamete ratio, and high zygote provisioning.

1994 • 45 citations

The mating‐induced refractoriness of Lucilia cuprina females: manipulating the male contribution

1990 • 45 citations

Fertilization of Eggs of the Desert Locust by Spermatozoa from Successive Copulations

1960 • 45 citations

Sperm competition in the melon fly,Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae): Effects of sperm ?longevity? on sperm precedence

1992 • 44 citations

The function of the sphragis inCressida cressida(Fab.) (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae): a visual deterrent to copulation attempts

1991 • 43 citations

Struktur und funktion des sekund�ren kopulationsapparates der Odonaten (Insecta, Palaeoptera), ihre wandlung in der stammesgeschichte und bedeutung f�r die adaptive entfaltung der ordnung

1971 • 42 citations

Selection by Parasites on Components of Fitness in Tribolium Beetles: The Effect of Intraspecific Competition

1995 • 42 citations

Sperm Competition in the Field Cricket Gryllus integer (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)

1986 • 42 citations

The Sperm Removal Behavior of the Yellow Spotted Longicorn Beetle Psacothea hilaris (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae)

1990 • 41 citations

Evolution of delayed reproductive senescence in male fruit flies: Sperm competition

1993 • 41 citations

THE MECHANISM OF SPERM PRECEDENCE IN THE SPRUCE BUDWORM,CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA(LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)

1974 • 41 citations

Polymorphic Spermatozoa in the Hymenopterous Wasp Dahlbominus

1965 • 41 citations

Hybrid Sterility of the Tobacco Budworm:1Effects of Alternate Sterile and Normal Matings on Fecundity and Fertility2

1977 • 40 citations

The Cost of Male Secondary Sexual Traits: Developmental Constraints during Ontogeny in a Sexually Dimorphic Water Strider

1994 • 40 citations

Ultrastructural examination of the insemination reaction in Drosophila

1994 • 40 citations

SPERM UTILIZATION FOLLOWING MULTIPLE INSEMINATION IN THE WASP DAHLBOMINUS FUSCIPENNIS

1966 • 40 citations

Sperm competition and sperm precedence in the dragonfly Nanophya pygmaea

1994 • 40 citations

Studies of Esterase 6 in Drosophila melanogaster. V. Progeny Production and Sperm Use in Females Inseminated by Males having Active or Null Alleles

1981 • 40 citations

Bioassay, Preliminary Purification, and Effect of Age, Crowding, and Mating on the Release of Sex Pheromone by Female Tenebrio molitor1

1969 • 39 citations

The structure and function of the female sperm-storage organs in libellulid dragonflins

1987 • 39 citations

Dynamics of Sperm Use in the Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae): Reproductive Fitness of Multiple-Mated Females and Sequentially Mated Males

1993 • 38 citations

Male identity and sperm displacement in Drosophila melanogaster

1995 • 38 citations

Comparative kinetics of short and long sperm in sperm dimorphic Drosophila species

1991 • 38 citations

Mating Sign and Multiple Mating in the Honeybee

1986 • 38 citations

Prolonged Mating in the Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus and Nightfall as a Cue for Sperm Transfer

1988 • 38 citations

Sperm ?repositioning? inCrocothemis erythraea, a Libellulid dragonfly with a brief copulation

1988 • 37 citations

Sperm Competition Selects for Nuptial Feeding in a Bushcricket

1991 • 37 citations

Male Size, Sperm Competition, and the Intensity of Sexual Selection in the Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

1985 • 36 citations

The structure and function of the genitalia in the Libellulidae (Odonata)

1991 • 36 citations

Drosophila Males Provide a Material Contribution to Offspring Sired by Other Males

1988 • 36 citations

Courtship Feeding in Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): Investment in Offspring and in Obtaining Fertilizations

1995 • 36 citations

GENETIC AND CYTOGENETIC BASIS OF RADIATION-INDUCED STERILITY IN THE ADULT MALE CABBAGE LOOPER TRICHOPLUSIA NI.

1968 • 36 citations

Sperm loss by remating Drosophila melanogaster females

1990 • 36 citations

Egg Viability and Longevity of Japanese Beetles Treated with Tepa, Apholate, and Metepa1

1966 • 35 citations

Sperm Storage and Sperm Precedence in the Milkweed Beetle Tetraopes tetraophthalmus (Forster) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

1984 • 35 citations

Analysis of Sterility in Hybrids from Interspecific Crosses Between Heliothis virescens1 and H. subflexa1

1974 • 35 citations

Copulation duration and sperm competition in white-faced dragonflies (Leucorrhinia intacta; Odonata: Libellulidae)

1989 • 35 citations

SPERM MIXING IN THE COCKROACH DIPLOPTERA PUNCTATA

1985 • 34 citations

Sperm utilization and post-copulatory female-guarding in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata

1988 • 34 citations

SPERM PREFERENCE IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER †

1972 • 33 citations

Determinants of paternity in the milkweed leaf beetle

1988 • 33 citations

Consequences and adaptive significance of variation in copulation duration in the dragonfly Sympetrum danae

1992 • 33 citations

Biochemical variants in the study of multiple insemination in Culex pipiens L. (Diptera, Culicidae)

1976 • 33 citations

Sperm Precedence in the Indian Meal Moth, Plodia interpunctella1

1975 • 33 citations

Short‐and long‐term sperm precedence in the beetle Tenebrio molitor: a test of the ‘adaptive sperm removal’ hypothesis

1996 • 33 citations

The Reproductive System of Some Florida Mosquitoes. II. The Male Accessory Glands and Their Role1

1961 • 32 citations

Last male sperm precedence in a damselfly demonstrated by RAPD profiling

1996 • 32 citations

Paternity and female remating in Requena verticalis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

1995 • 32 citations

Oligonucleotide DNA fingerprinting discriminates super- and half-sisters in honeybee colonies (Apis melifera L.)

1991 • 31 citations

Insemination Reaction in Drosophila: Found in Species Whose Males Contribute Material to Oocytes Before Fertilization

1988 • 31 citations

Multiple mating of Glossina morsitans Westw. and its potential effect on the sterile male technique

1968 • 31 citations

Variation in Spermatophore Size in the Armyworm, Pseudaletia separata(Lepidoptera:Noctuidae)in Relation to Rearing Density

1992 • 30 citations

The Effect of Experimental Design on Female Receptivity to Remating and its Impact on Reproductive Success in Drosophila melanogaster

1984 • 29 citations

Fertilisation success in the fly Dryomyza anilis (Dryomyzidae): effects of male size and the mating situation

1994 • 29 citations

Multiple Matings and Use of Sperm in the Boll Weevil, Anthonomus grandis12

1968 • 29 citations

Repeated copulations as a strategy to maximize fertilization in the fly, Dryomyza anilis (Dryomyzidae)

1994 • 29 citations

Structure, function and evolution of the reproductive system in females ofHebrus pusillusandH. ruficeps(hemiptera, gerromorpha, hebridae)

1986 • 28 citations

Competitiveness of Sperm in Female Fall Armyworms Mating with Normal and Chemosterilized Males123

1970 • 28 citations

The Reproductive Behaviour and the Nature of Sexual Selection in Scatophaga stercoraria L. (Diptera:Scatophagidae)

1971 • 27 citations

Relationship between Sperm Competition and Copulation Duration in the Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

1988 • 27 citations

Sperm competition and melanic polymorphism in the 2-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)

1993 • 26 citations

Intraspecific variation of P2 value in a coccinellid beetle,Harmonia axyridis

1994 • 26 citations

Re-copulation and post-copulatory mate guarding increase immediate female reproductive output in the dragonfly Nannophya pygmaea Rambur

1994 • 26 citations

Resource Allocation and Mating Systems in Butterflies

1995 • 26 citations

Sperm precedence and sperm movement under different copulation intervals in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

1996 • 25 citations

SPERM REPLACEMENT AND DEPLETION IN THE SPERMATHECA OF THE S AND CS STRAINS OF ONCOPELTUS FASCIATUS

1972 • 25 citations

Heritability of Size: a Positive Correlate of Multiple Fitness Components in the Southern Green Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

1991 • 25 citations

Prolonged mating in the melon fly, Dacus cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae): Competition for fertilization by sperm‐loading

1988 • 23 citations

Allozyme Markers in the Study of Sperm Precedence in the Plum Curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar1,2

1976 • 23 citations

Mechanisms of sperm removal and sperm transfer in Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius) (Odonata: Libellulidae)

1990 • 23 citations

ANALYSE DES CAUSES DE L'INHIBITION DE LA RECEPTIVITE SEXUELLE ET DE L'INFLUENCE D'UNE EVENTUELLE SECONDE COPULATION SUR LA REPRODUCTION CHEZ LA TEIGNE DU POIREAU, ACROLEPIA ASSECTELLA (LEPIDOPTERA: PLUTELLIDAE)

1975 • 23 citations

FEMALE RECEPTIVITY TO REMATING AND EARLY FECUNDITY IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

1989 • 23 citations

Factors Influencing Estimates of Sperm Competition in Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

1990 • 23 citations

Sperm Production and Transfer by Heliothis virescens1, H. subflexa, 1 and the Sterile Hybrid Males3,4

1975 • 23 citations

Paternity displacement in the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans

1993 • 22 citations

Effects of male and female scent on reproductive maturation in young female Tenebrio molitor

1970 • 22 citations

Sperm displacement after remating in Drosophila melanogaster

1993 • 22 citations

The Population Biology of the Butterfly, Euphydryas editha. IV. Sperm Precedence-A Preliminary Report

1966 • 21 citations

Multiple Mating of Queen Honey Bees1

1956 • 21 citations

Paternity in naturally-occurring Utetheisa ornatrix (Lepidoptera : Arctiidae) as estimated using enzyme polymorphism

1994 • 20 citations

Sperm supply and its utilization in doubly inseminated flies, Culicoides melleus

1975 • 20 citations

SPERM PREDOMINANCE AMONG DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA KARYOTYPES

1984 • 20 citations

On the post-copulatory guarding behaviour of male field crickets

1991 • 19 citations

Sperm precedence in Tribolium confusum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

1978 • 19 citations

Large Spermatophore Production and Consumption in Dobsonflies Protohermes (Megaloptera, Corydalidae) :

1992 • 19 citations

Sperm competition in frogs: testis size and a 'sterile male' experiment on Chiromantis xerampelina (Rhacophoridae)

1993 • 19 citations

Evidence for the incapacitation of heterospecific sperm in the female genital tract in a pair of closely related ladybirds (Insecta, Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)

1986 • 18 citations

Effect of mating sequence on egg-hatch from female Aedes aegypti (L.) mated with irradiated and normal males.

1967 • 18 citations

Levels of Female Choice in the White-Tailed Skimmer Plathemis Lydia (Odonata: Libellulidae)

1991 • 17 citations

An Ultrastructural Study of Sperm in Sterile Hybrids from Crosses of Heliothis virescens and Heliothis subflexa1,3,4

1975 • 17 citations

Female Mating Behaviour and Multiple Matings in the Fly, Dryomyza Anilis

1989 • 17 citations

Polyandry in the Grouse Locust, Paratettix texanus Hancock, with Notes on Inheritance of Acquired Characters and Telegony

1927 • 17 citations

Fertility of Eggs of Mexican Bean Beetles from Females Mated Alternately with Normal and Apholate-Treated Males1

1968 • 17 citations

Sexual receptivity in Culicoides melleus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

1974 • 15 citations

Mating Behavior and Competitiveness of Gamma-Irradiated Olive Fruit Flies123

1974 • 15 citations

Sperm Utilization in the Female Red Cotton Bug1

1973 • 15 citations

Duration of Mating Refractory Period and Frequency of Second Matings in Female Trogoderma inclusum (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)

1972 • 14 citations

A genetic marker for investigating paternity and maternity in the burying beetle Nicrophorus orbicollis (Coleoptera: Silphidae).

1991 • 14 citations

Selective fertilization in Bombyx mori

1939 • 13 citations

Sperm Precedence in Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Response to a Substerilizing Dose of Radiation

1992 • 12 citations

Sperm competition in the Namib Desert beetle, Onymacris unguicularis

1991 • 12 citations

Sperm Mixing in the Cockroach Diploptera punctata

1985 • 11 citations

Sperm Predominance Among Drosophila pseudoobscura Karyotypes

1984 • 10 citations

Male Distribution and Mate Searching in the Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria: Comparison between Paired and Unpaired Males

1995 • 9 citations

Sperm Competition in the Soybean Looper (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

1991 • 9 citations

Female Receptivity to Remating and Early Fecundity in Drosophila melanogaster

1989 • 6 citations

The cost of reproduction in callosobruchus maculatus.

1993 • 5 citations

Male distribution and interactions at female oviposition sites as factors affecting mating success in the flyDryomyza anilis (Dryomyzidae)

1993 • 5 citations

Gamma Radiation Effects on Reproductive Potential and Sperm Use Pattern in Pseudaletia separate (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

1995 • 4 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations