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| Title |
Testing for a genetic response to sexual selection in a wild Drosophila population
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| Published in |
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1111/jeb.12851 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
T. P. Gosden, J. R. Thomson, M. W. Blows, A. Schaul, S. F. Chenoweth |
| Abstract |
In accordance with the consensus that sexual selection is responsible for the rapid evolution of display traits on macroevolutionary scales, microevolutionary studies suggest sexual selection is a widespread and often strong form of directional selection in nature. However, empirical evidence for the contemporary evolution of sexually selected traits remains weak. In this study we used a novel application of quantitative genetic breeding designs to test for a genetic response to sexual selection on eight chemical display traits in a field population of the fly, Drosophila serrata. Using our quantitative genetic approach, we were able to detect a genetically-based difference in means between groups of males descended from either successful or random wild males for one of these display traits, the diene (Z,Z)-5,9-C27:2 . Our experimental results, in combination with previous lab studies on this system, suggest that both natural selection and sexual selection may be influencing the evolutionary trajectories of these traits in nature, limiting the capacity for a contemporary evolutionary response. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Germany | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 28 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 34% |
| Researcher | 7 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 14% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 10% |
| Unknown | 2 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 55% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 21% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 3% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 3% |
| Energy | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 4 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
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