No evidence for short-term purging benefits of sexual selection in inbred red flour beetle populations

2018 ◽  
Vol 307 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. M. Prokop ◽  
K. Hlebowicz ◽  
T. S. Gaczorek ◽  
W. M. Antoł ◽  
O. Y. Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Red Flour Beetle ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Flour Beetle

Resolving mechanisms of short-term competitive fertilization success in the red flour beetle

2016 ◽  
Vol 93-94 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M. Droge-Young ◽  
John M. Belote ◽  
Giselle S. Perez ◽  
Scott Pitnick
Keyword(s):  
Fertilization Success ◽  
Red Flour Beetle ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Flour Beetle

scholarly journals Social dilemma in the external immune system of the red flour beetle? It is a matter of time

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaitanya S. Gokhale ◽  
Arne Traulsen ◽  
Gerrit Joop
Keyword(s):  
Immune System ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Social Dilemma ◽  
Red Flour Beetle ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Flour Beetle ◽  
Experimental Systems ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Cost

Sociobiology has revolutionized our understanding of interactions between organisms. Interactions may present a social dilemma where the interests of individual actors do not align with those of the group as a whole. Viewed through a sociobiological lens, nearly all interactions can be described in terms of their costs and benefits and a number of them then resemble a social dilemma. Numerous experimental systems, from bacteria to mammals, have been proposed as models for studying such dilemmas. Here we make use of the external immune system of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, to investigate how the experimental duration can affect whether the external secretion comprises a social dilemma or not. Some beetles (secretors) produce a costly quinone-rich external secretion that inhibits microbial growth in the surrounding environment, providing the secretors with direct personal benefits. However, since the antimicrobial secretion acts in the environment of the beetle it is potentially also advantageous to other beetles (non-secretors), who avoid the cost of producing the secretion. We test experimentally if the secretion qualifies as a public good. We find that in the short term, costly quinone secretion can be interpreted as a public good presenting a social dilemma where the presence of secretors increases the fitness of the group. In the long run, the benefit to the group of having more secretors vanishes and actually becomes detrimental to the group. Therefore, in such semi-natural environmental conditions, it turns out that qualifying a trait as social can be a matter of timing.

scholarly journals Multivariate stabilizing sexual selection and the evolution of male and female genital morphology in the red flour beetle*

Evolution ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 883-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarissa House ◽  
Philip Tunstall ◽  
James Rapkin ◽  
Mathilda J. Bale ◽  
Matthew Gage ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Red Flour Beetle ◽  
Genital Morphology ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Flour Beetle ◽  
Female Genital

A Novel Method for the Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum (H.) using Headspace-SPME Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 404-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihab Alnajim ◽  
Manjree Agarwal ◽  
Tao Liu ◽  
YongLin Ren
Keyword(s):  
Volatile Organic Compounds ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Tribolium Castaneum ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Chemical Signals ◽  
Red Flour Beetle ◽  
Specific Chemical ◽  
Flour Beetle ◽  
Volatile Organic ◽  
Spme Fibre

Background: The red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is one of the world’s most serious stored grain insect pests. A method of early and rapid identification of red flour beetle in stored products is urgently required to improve control options. Specific chemical signals identified as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) that are released by the beetle can serve as biomarkers. Methods: The Headspace Solid Phase Microextraction (HS-SPME) technique and the analytical conditions with GC and GCMS were optimised and validated for the determination of VOCs released from T. castaneum. Results: The 50/30 μm DVB/CAR/PDMS SPME fibre was selected for extraction of VOCs from T. castaneum. The efficiency of extraction of VOCs was significantly affected by the extraction time, temperature, insect density and type of SPME fibre. Twenty-three VOCs were extracted from insects in 4 mL flask at 35 ± 1°C for four hours of extraction and separated and identified with gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy. The major VOCs or chemical signals from T. castaneum were 1-pentadecene, p-Benzoquinone, 2-methyl- and p-Benzoquinone, 2-ethyl. Conclusion: This study showed that HS-SPME GC technology is a robust and cost-effective method for extraction and identification of the unique VOCs produced by T. castaneum. Therefore, this technology could lead to a new approach in the timely detection of T. castaneum and its subsequent treatment.

Quantitative Trait Loci for Susceptibility to Tapeworm Infection in the Red Flour Beetle

Genetics ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 1307-1315
Author(s):  
Daibin Zhong ◽  
Aditi Pai ◽  
Guiyun Yan
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Trait Loci ◽  
Quantitative Trait ◽  
Genetic Basis ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Red Flour Beetle ◽  
Phenotypic Variance ◽  
Flour Beetle ◽  
Trait Loci ◽  
Host Ecology ◽  
Tapeworm Infection

Abstract Parasites have profound effects on host ecology and evolution, and the effects of parasites on host ecology are often influenced by the magnitude of host susceptibility to parasites. Many parasites have complex life cycles that require intermediate hosts for their transmission, but little is known about the genetic basis of the intermediate host's susceptibility to these parasites. This study examined the genetic basis of susceptibility to a tapeworm (Hymenolepis diminuta) in the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) that serves as an intermediate host in its transmission. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping experiments were conducted with two independent segregating populations using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. A total of five QTL that significantly affected beetle susceptibility were identified in the two reciprocal crosses. Two common QTL on linkage groups 3 and 6 were identified in both crosses with similar effects on the phenotype, and three QTL were unique to each cross. In one cross, the three main QTL accounted for 29% of the total phenotypic variance and digenic epistasis explained 39% of the variance. In the second cross, the four main QTL explained 62% of the variance and digenic epistasis accounted for only 5% of the variance. The actions of these QTL were either overdominance or underdominance. Our results suggest that the polygenic nature of beetle susceptibility to the parasites and epistasis are important genetic mechanisms for the maintenance of variation within or among beetle strains in susceptibility to tapeworm infection.

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