?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Female+Remating%2C+Sperm+Competition+and+Sexual+Selection+in+Drosophila&rft.creator=Singh%2C+Dr.+Shree+Ram&rft.creator=Singh%2C+Dr.+B+N&rft.creator=Hoenigsberg%2C+Dr.+H+F&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.description=Female+remating+is+the+fundamental+to+evolutionary+biology+as+it+determines+the+pattern+of+sexual%0Aselection+and+sexual+conflict.+Remating+in+females+is+an+important+component+of+Drosophila+mating%0Asystems+because+it+is+associated+with+pattern+of+sperm+usage+and+sexual+selection.+Remating+is%0Acommon+in+females+of+many+species+of+Drosophila+in+both+natural+and+laboratory+populations.+It+is%0Areported+in+many+insect+species+and+vertebrates+also.+Female+remating+is+prerequisite+for+the%0Aoccurrence+of+sperm+competition+between+the+males+and+the+consequences+of+this+competition+such%0Aas+sperm+precedence+or+sperm+displacement+have+also+been+reported+in+many+species+of%0ADrosophila.+Female+remating+is+dependent+on+the+amount+of+sperm+stored%2C+the+components+of+male%0Aseminal+fluid%2C+the+level+of+nutrition+and+egg-laying%2C+in+laboratory+by+different+experimental+designs%0Aand+density+of+flies.+Remating+by+female+is+an+insurance+against+male+sterility+and+sub-fertility+and%0Aresult+in+increasing+the+genetic+heterogeneity+of+a+female+offspring.+Remating+results+in+greater%0Aproductivity+in+females+of+many+species+of+Drosophila.+In+this+paper+we+review+the+female+remating%0Awith+respect+to+sperm+competition+and+sexual+selection+in+Drosophila+and+have+given+the+possible%0Afemale%E2%80%99s+benefits+of+remating.+We+also+review+the+role+of+accessory+gland+fluid+in+remating%2C+cost%0Aassociated+with+remating+and+genetic+basis+of+female+remating+and+some+possible+mechanisms+of%0Asperm+competition+in+the+light+of+last+male+sperm+priority+and+paternity+assurance+in+Drosophila%0Aand+other+insects.+We+have+also+suggested+the+future+area+of+research.&rft.date=2002-09&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2360%2F1%2FFemale_remating_rev_2002.pdf&rft.identifier=++Singh%2C+Dr.+Shree+Ram+and+Singh%2C+Dr.+B+N+and+Hoenigsberg%2C+Dr.+H+F++(2002)+Female+Remating%2C+Sperm+Competition+and+Sexual+Selection+in+Drosophila.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2360%2F