Sex peptide receptor-regulated polyandry modulates the balance of pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in Drosophila

Juliano Morimoto; Grant C. McDonald; Emelia Smith; Damian T. Smith; Jennifer C. Perry; Tracey Chapman; Tommaso Pizzari; Stuart Wigby

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-08113-w

Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Sex peptide receptor-regulated polyandry modulates the balance of pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in Drosophila

Juliano Morimoto,
Grant C. McDonald,
Emelia Smith,
Damian T. Smith,
Jennifer C. Perry,
Tracey Chapman,
Tommaso Pizzari,
Stuart Wigby

Affiliations

Juliano Morimoto: Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford
Grant C. McDonald: Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford
Emelia Smith: Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford
Damian T. Smith: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Jennifer C. Perry: Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford
Tracey Chapman: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Tommaso Pizzari: Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford
Stuart Wigby: Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08113-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Theory predicts that mating systems influence the relative strength of sexual selection before and after mating. Here, Morimoto and colleagues demonstrate that higher polyandry weakens precopulatory while strengthening post-copulatory sexual selection on males in Drosophila melanogaster.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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