Dowse H B, Ringo J M, Barton K M
J Theor Biol. 1986 Jul 21;121(2):173-83. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5193(86)80091-1.
The kinetics of mating in species of Drosophila that copulate for periods of time greater than the duration of experimental observation can be described precisely by an equation that combines second order reaction kinetics with the exponential decay of a lag factor. The two rate constants for this kinetic system were estimated from mating data using a wild-type D. simulans strain, a wild-type D. melanogaster strain, and vestigial mutant D. melanogaster males with wild-type females. The results confirm the applicability of second order kinetics, and demonstrate the usefulness of the model in comparisons of mating rates among strains of flies. In most cases, the model explains more than 95% of the variance in the data, and in addition sheds light on the mechanics of the process of mating.
对于交配时间超过实验观察时长的果蝇物种，其交配动力学可以通过一个将二级反应动力学与滞后因子的指数衰减相结合的方程来精确描述。利用野生型拟暗果蝇品系、野生型黑腹果蝇品系以及与野生型雌性交配的残翅突变型黑腹果蝇雄性，从交配数据中估算出了该动力学系统的两个速率常数。结果证实了二级动力学的适用性，并证明了该模型在比较果蝇品系交配率方面的有用性。在大多数情况下，该模型解释了数据中超过95%的方差，此外还揭示了交配过程的机制。
