On the Correlation between Mating Success and Offspring Quality in Drosophila melanogaster

1987 ◽  
Vol 129 (5) ◽  
pp. 721-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles E. Taylor ◽  
Amalia D. Pereda ◽  
James A. Ferrari
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Offspring Quality

scholarly journals Limited genetic variation for male mating success reveals low evolutionary potential for thermal plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Waller ◽  
Anna Kell ◽  
Mireia Ballesta ◽  
Aude Giraud ◽  
Jessica K. Abbott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Phenotypic Plasticity ◽  
Heating Rate ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Statistical Power ◽  
Thermal Reaction ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Male Mating Success ◽  
Evolutionary Potential ◽  
Thermal Plasticity

AbstractPopulations respond to novel environmental challenges either through genetic changes, through adaptive phenotypic plasticity for the traits in question, or by a combination of these factors. Here, we investigated the evolutionary potential of phenotypic plasticity for male mating success, locomotory ability, and heating rate (a physiological performance trait) in the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster, using isogenic male lines from the Drosophila Reference Genome Panel (DGRP) and hemi-clonal males. We quantified thermal reaction norms of how male mating success changed in relation to a temperate gradient, ranging from cold (18 °C) via optimal (24 °C) to hot and stressful environments (either 30 °C or 36 °C). We found significant differences in male mating success and locomotory performance between different lines, as well as significant main effects of temperature, but no significant genotype-by-environment interactions (GEI:s). A statistical power analysis revealed that the variance explained by GEI:s for thermal plasticity using this sample size is likely to be modest or very small, and represent only 4% of the total variation in male mating success. The lack of strong GEI:s for these two behavioral traits contrast with the presence of significant GEI:s for male heating rate, as measured by thermal imaging (infrared camera technology). These results suggest that sexual selection through male mating success is not likely to be efficient in mediating evolutionary rescue through changed plasticity in response to changing temperatures.

Aggression and mating success in Drosophila melanogaster

Nature ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 254 (5500) ◽  
pp. 511-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAURICE A. Dow ◽  
FLORIAN VON SCHILCHER
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Mating Success

scholarly journals Effects of Genotype and Light on Mating Preference in Drosophila Melanogaster

1979 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 607 ◽  
Author(s):  
JG Oakeshott ◽  
DL Hayman
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Genetic Variability ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Experimental Analysis ◽  
Mating Preference ◽  
Wild Populations ◽  
Visual Defect ◽  
Female Phenotype ◽  
Dark Regime

Patterns of mating have been investigated among yellow-bodied and white-eyed D. melanogaster. The relative mating success of yellow-bodied and white-eyed males was found to depend on both the light/dark regime and the phenotype of the female receiving them. White-eyed males were more likely to succeed in the dark 01' with white-eyed females. The effect of the light/dark regime probably reflected the visual defect in white-eyed males and the effect of the female phenotype was primarily due to strong avoidance of yellow-bodied males by white-eyed females. The overall pattern of mating indicated environment-dependent sexual selection and suggested several models for the experimental analysis of the relations between environmental and genetic variability. Possible implications for wild populations are also discussed.

Mating success of photoreceptor mutants of Drosophila melanogaster

1980 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Therese Ann Markow ◽  
Melanie Manning
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Mating Success
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