摘要：Mating behavior is one of the most complex behaviors in repertoire of fruit flies. In this paper, effects of previous mating experience of Drosophila melanogaster on their mating success and duration of copulation were investigated. Flies having different mating status were used in three mating assays. In the first mating assay, virgin females did not discriminate between virgin and recently mated males. In the second mating assay, males having prior mating experience three days before testing were more successful in mating than males mated two times during the same morning, when they were offered to experienced females. In the third mating assay, virgin females obtained significantly more copulations than experienced females. In all mating assays, duration of copulation did not differ between couples in which flies having different mating experiences took part.
