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| Title |
Male-Killing Bacteria Trigger a Cycle of Increasing Male Fatigue and Female Promiscuity
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| Published in |
Current Biology, February 2007
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.068 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sylvain Charlat, Max Reuter, Emily A. Dyson, Emily A. Hornett, Anne Duplouy, Neil Davies, George K. Roderick, Nina Wedell, Gregory D.D. Hurst |
| Abstract |
Sex-ratio distorters are found in numerous species and can reach high frequencies within populations. Here, we address the compelling, but poorly tested, hypothesis that the sex ratio bias caused by such elements profoundly alters their host's mating system. We compare aspects of female and male reproductive biology between island populations of the butterfly Hypolimnas bolina that show varying degrees of female bias, because of a male-killing Wolbachia infection. Contrary to expectation, female bias leads to an increase in female mating frequency, up to a point where male mating capacity becomes limiting. We show that increased female mating frequency can be explained as a facultative response to the depleted male mating resources in female biased populations. In other words, this system is one where male-killing bacteria trigger a vicious circle of increasing male fatigue and female promiscuity. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 148 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 3 | 2% |
| Brazil | 3 | 2% |
| Japan | 2 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Singapore | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 2% |
| Unknown | 131 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 39 | 26% |
| Researcher | 39 | 26% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 9% |
| Professor | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 24 | 16% |
| Unknown | 9 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 104 | 70% |
| Environmental Science | 12 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 3% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 8 | 5% |
| Unknown | 7 | 5% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 November 2021.
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#8,882,501
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#9,931
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#48,112
of 172,579 outputs
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#51
of 94 outputs
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