Female-limited X-chromosome evolution effects on male pre- and post-copulatory success

• Published in: Biology letters (2005) Vol. 17; no. 3; p. 20200915
• Main Authors: Manat, Yesbol, Lund-Hansen, Katrine K., Katsianis, Georgios, Abbott, Jessica K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 03.03.2021
• Subjects: Animals; Biologi; Biological Evolution; Biological Sciences; Body Size; Chromosomes; Drosophila melanogaster - genetics; Evolutionary Biology; Evolutionsbiologi; Female; intralocus sexual conflict; Male; male attractiveness; male fitness; Natural Sciences; Naturvetenskap; Reproduction; Selection, Genetic; Sex Characteristics; Sexual Behavior, Animal; sperm competition; X-chromosome; X-chromosome; sperm competition; intralocus sexual conflict; male attractiveness; male fitness

Intralocus sexual conflict arises when the expression of shared alleles at a single locus generates opposite fitness effects in each sex (i.e. sexually antagonistic alleles), preventing each sex from reaching its sex-specific optimum. Despite its importance to reproductive success, the relative cont...