?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Female+remating+in+Drosophila+ananassae%3A+effect+of+density+on+female+remating+frequency&rft.creator=Singh%2C+Shree+Ram&rft.subject=Animal+Behavior&rft.description=Drosophila+ananassae%2C+a+cosmopolitan+and+domestic+species%2C+is+largely+cir-cumtropicalin+distribution+and+belongs+to+the+ananassae+species+complex+of+the+ananassae+subgroup+of+the+melanogaster+species+group.+In+the+present+study%2C+experiments+were+conducted+to+investigate+the+effect+of+density+on+fe-male+remating+frequency+by+employing+different+wild-type+and+mutant+strains+of+D.+ananassae.+Two+experimental+designs%2C+i.e.%2C+2-h+daily+observation+and%0Acontinuous+confinement%2C+were+used.+The+results+show+that+there+is+significant+dependence+of+remating+frequency+on+density+in+all+strains+tested+under+both+experimental+designs+except+in+a+wild-type+strain+(Bhutan)%2C+which+shows+no+dependence+of+remating+frequency+on+density+under+2-h+daily+observation+de-sign.+This+finding+provides+evidence+that+density+may+increase+the+frequency+of+female+remating+in+D.+ananassae.&rft.date=2001-09&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1945%2F3%2FSingh_1.pdf&rft.identifier=++Singh%2C+Shree+Ram++(2001)+Female+remating+in+Drosophila+ananassae%3A+effect+of+density+on+female+remating+frequency.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1945%2F