Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-vvkck Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-27T03:49:02.858Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Competitive mating in Drosophila melanogaster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Paul M. Sharp
Paul M. Sharp
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Genetics, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JN, Scotland
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Summary

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

Selective differences among male Drosophila melanogaster due to differences in ability to compete for mates may often have been under-estimated in the past because, under the test procedure used, females did not represent a limited resource. In the experiment reported here, no difference was detected between inbred and outbred males ‘competing’ to mate with an equal number of females. When the receptive female: male ratio was halved a large reduction in male mating ability due to inbreeding became apparent.

Type
Short Papers
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , October 1982 , pp. 201 - 205
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

References

REFERENCES

Anderson, W. W., Levine, L., Olvera, O., Powell, J. R., de la Rosa, M. E., Salceda, V. M., Gaso, M. I. & Guzman, J. (1979). Evidence for selection by male mating success in natural populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 76, 1519–1523.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Åslund, S-E. & Rasmuson, M. (1976). Mating behaviour as a fitness component in maintaining allozyme polymorphisms in D. melanogaster. Hereditas 82, 175–178.Google Scholar
Brittnacher, J. G. (1981). Genetic variation and genetic load due to the male reproductive component of fitness in Drosophila. Genetics 97, 719–730.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bundgaard, J. & Christiansen, F. B. (1972). Dynamics of polymorphisms. 1. Selection components in an experimental population of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 71, 439–460.Google Scholar
Clark, A. G. & Feldman, M. (1981). The estimation of epistasis in components of fitness in experimental populations of Drosophila melanogaster. II. Assessment of meiotic drive, viability, fecundity and sexual selection. Heredity 46, 347–377.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Fowler, G. L. (1973). Some aspects of the reproductive biology of Drosphila: sperm transfer, sperm storage, and sperm utilization. Advances in Genetics 17, 293–360.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Latter, B. D. H. & Robertson, A. (1962). The effects of inbreeding and artificial selection on reproductive fitness. Genetical Research 3, 110–139.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Manning, A. (1962). A sperm factor affecting the receptivity of Drosophila melanogaster females. Nature 194, 252–253.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Parsons, P. A. (1974). Male mating speed as a component of fitness in Drosophila. Behavior Genetics 4, 395–404.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Prout, T. (1971). The relation between fitness components and population prediction in Drosophila. I. The estimation of fitness components. Genetics 68, 127–149.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Pyle, D. W. & Gromko, M. H. (1978). Repeated mating by female Drosophila melanogaster: the adaptive importance. Experientia 34, 449–450.CrossRefGoogle Scholar