scholarly journals A cis-regulatory Sequence Within the yellow Locus of Drosophila melanogaster Required for Normal Male Mating Success

Genetics ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 172 (2) ◽  
pp. 1009-1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark David Drapeau ◽  
Shawn A. Cyran ◽  
Michaela M. Viering ◽  
Pamela K. Geyer ◽  
Anthony D. Long
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Normal Male ◽  
Regulatory Sequence ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Male Mating Success

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.

scholarly journals Experimental evolution under varying sex ratio and nutrient availability modulates male mating success in Drosophila melanogaster

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irem Sepil ◽  
Jennifer C. Perry ◽  
Alice Dore ◽  
Tracey Chapman ◽  
Stuart Wigby
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Nutrient Availability ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Experimental Evolution ◽  
Sex Ratios ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Male Mating Success ◽  
Restricted Diet ◽  
Protein Restricted Diet

AbstractBiased population sex ratios can alter optimal male mating strategies, and allocation to reproductive traits depends on nutrient availability. However, there is little information on how nutrition interacts with sex ratio to influence the evolution of pre-copulatory and post-copulatory traits separately. To address this omission, here we test how male mating success and reproductive investment evolve under varying sex ratios and adult diet in Drosophila melanogaster using an experimental evolution approach. We found that sex ratio and nutrient availability interacted to determine male pre-copulatory performance. Males from female-biased populations were slow to mate when they evolved on a protein-restricted diet. On the other hand, we found direct and non-interacting effects of sex ratio and nutrient availability on post-copulatory success, without interactions between them. Males that evolved on a protein-restricted diet were poor at suppressing female remating. Males that evolved under equal sex ratios fathered more offspring and were better at supressing female remating, relative to males from male-biased or female-biased populations. These results support the idea that sex ratios and nutrition interact to determine the evolution of pre-copulatory mating traits, but independently influence the evolution of post-copulatory traits.

Effect of Drosophila melanogaster Female Size on Male Mating Success

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Turiegano ◽  
Ignacio Monedero ◽  
Miguel Pita ◽  
Laura Torroja ◽  
Inmaculada Canal
Keyword(s):  
Drosophila Melanogaster ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Female Size ◽  
Male Mating Success

Longevity and Male Mating Success in Drosophila pseudoobscura

1981 ◽  
Vol 117 (6) ◽  
pp. 1035-1039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles E. Taylor ◽  
Cindra Condra ◽  
Michael Conconi ◽  
Mary Prout
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Drosophila Pseudoobscura ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Male Mating Success
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