Female Mate Preference and the Evolution of Female-Limited Batesian Mimicry

Evolution ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 1101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Krebs ◽  
David A. West
Keyword(s):  
Mate Preference ◽  
Batesian Mimicry ◽  
Female Mate Preference ◽  
Female Mate

Female mate preference for egg-caring males in the giant water bug Diplonychus rusticus (Heteroptera Belostomatidae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 477-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shin-ya Ohba ◽  
Sayaka Matsuo ◽  
Thi T. Trang Huynh ◽  
Shin-ichi Kudo
Keyword(s):  
Mate Preference ◽  
Female Mate Preference ◽  
Female Mate

Familiarity leads to female mate preference for novel males in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata

1999 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 907-916 ◽  
Author(s):  
KIMBERLY A. HUGHES ◽  
LINH DU ◽  
F.HELEN RODD ◽  
DAVID N. REZNICK
Keyword(s):  
Poecilia Reticulata ◽  
Mate Preference ◽  
Female Mate Preference ◽  
Female Mate

scholarly journals Female northern grass lizards judge mates by body shape to reinforce local adaptation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Guo ◽  
Chen Chen ◽  
Xiao-Fang Liang ◽  
Yan-Fu Qu ◽  
Xiang Ji
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Differentiation ◽  
Genetic Distance ◽  
Local Adaptation ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Mate Preferences ◽  
Mate Preference ◽  
Population Divergence ◽  
Female Mate Preference ◽  
Local Adaptations ◽  
Female Mate

Abstract Background: Identifying the factors that contribute to divergence among populations in mate preferences is important for understanding of the manner in which premating reproductive isolation might arise and how this isolation may in turn contribute to the evolutionary process of population divergence. Here, we offered female northern grass lizards (Takydromus septentrionalis) a choice of males between their own population and another four populations to test whether the preferences that females display in the mating trials correlate with phenotypic adaptation to local environments, or to the neutral genetic distance measured by divergence of mitochondrial DNA sequence loci. Results: Females showed a strong preference for native over foreign males. Females that mated with native versus foreign males did not differ from each other in mating latency, or copulation duration. From results of the structural equation modelling we knew that: 1) geographical distance directly contributed to genetic differentiation and environmental dissimilarity; 2) genetic differentiation and environmental dissimilarity indirectly contributed to female mate preference, largely through their effects on morphological divergence; and 3) females judged mates by body shape (appearance) and discriminated more strongly against morphologically less familiar allopatric males.Conclusions: Local adaptation rather than neutral genetic distance influences female mate preference in T. septentrionalis. The tendency to avoid mating with foreign males may indicate that, in T. septentrionalis, local adaptations are more valuable than genetic novelties. Our results highlight the importance of comprehensive studies integrating ecological, molecular and behavioral approaches to understand population divergence in female mate preferences as the consequence of local adaptations.

scholarly journals Polarization signaling in swordtails alters female mate preference

2014 ◽  
Vol 111 (37) ◽  
pp. 13397-13402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina M. Calabrese ◽  
Parrish C. Brady ◽  
Viktor Gruev ◽  
Molly E. Cummings
Keyword(s):  
Mate Preference ◽  
Female Mate Preference ◽  
Female Mate
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