Costs of mating and egg production in female Callosobruchus chinensis

Interpopulation variation in female remating is attributable to female and male effects in Callosobruchus chinensis

“…All beetles used in this study were reared from eggs laid by parents collected randomly from stock cultures of each Reference to each strain: isC to Yanagi and Miyatake (2003); yoC02 to Harano and Miyatake (2005); jC-S to Utida (1941a, b); rdaCmrkt to Y. Toquenaga (personal communication) a The data are the cumulative frequency of female remating for five days after first mating b Data from Harano and Miyatake (2005) c Data from T. Harano (unpublished); they were examined by the method of Harano and Miyatake (2005) Strain…”

Natural variation in male-induced ‘cost-of-mating’ and allele-specific association with male reproductive genes in Drosophila melanogaster

“…In many species, the act of mating is costly to females in that it reduces her lifespan or reproductive success (Fowler & Partridge 1989;Yanagi & Miyatake 2003;Kemp & Rutowski 2004). This cost can be inflicted in a variety of different ways.…”

Fecundity, Fertility and Survival of Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) Larvae Reared on Sago Palm

“…The number of eggs laid for each pair of RPW was decreasing day by day over a period of approximately 11 weeks (81 days) until the females could not lay eggs again (Figure 2). In general, egg production can be costly because it makes high energy demands on available resources and leads to a decrease of insect's life span (Chapman et al 1998;Yanagi & Miyatake 2003).…”

“…Probably, Female G had to lose lots of energy to reproduce eggs due to its high fecundity and as a concequence, less potential to survive as long as other females. In general, egg production can be costly because it makes high energy demands on available resources and leads to a decrease of insect's life span (Yanagi & Miyatake 2003).…”