Genetic variation in male song and female song preference in the grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Charalambous, M.; Butlin, Roger K.; Hewitt, Godfrey M.

doi:10.1006/anbe.1994.1054

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“…grisella parallel findings for male signal characters in several other acoustic insects (e.g. Charalambous et al ., 1994 ; Hedrick, 1994; but see Webb & Roff, 1992 for nonsignificant values). Because a significant additive genetic component of variance for the male trait(s) is prerequisite for indirect mechanisms of sexual selection, these findings suggest that either arbitrary or good‐genes selection could be responsible for at least part of the observed patterns of female choice in these species.…”

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Quantitative genetics of ultrasonic advertisement signalling in the lesser waxmoth Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

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Males of the lesser waxmoth Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) produce ultrasonic advertisement signals attractive to females within several metres. Previous studies showed that females prefer male signals that are louder, delivered at a faster rate, and have a greater asynchrony between pulses produced by the right and left wings. These three signal characters vary considerably within populations but are repeatable within individuals. Breeding experiments employing half‐sib designs were conducted on both collectively and individually reared moths to determine genetic variance within and covariance among these signal characters. Heritabilities of all signal characters were significant among collectively reared moths. Heritabilities for signal rate and right–left wing asynchrony interval were not significant, however, among individually reared moths, suggesting the presence of significant nonadditive genetic variance or common environmental variation. Development time was also significantly heritable, but only under individual rearing. The only significant genetic correlation was between signal rate and length of the right–left wing asynchrony and this was negative. Our findings on heritability of signal characters are consistent with a coevolutionary sexual selection mechanism, but the absence of signal × development genetic correlation fails to support specifically a good‐genes mechanism. The variation in heritability among conditions suggests that environmental variance may be high, and may render selection on signal characters by female choice ineffective. Thus, additive genetic variance for these characters may be maintained in the presence of directional female choice.

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Quantitative genetics of ultrasonic advertisement signalling in the lesser waxmoth Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

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“…Almost all genetic correlations are positive but, unexpectedly, negative genetic correlations are also possible. No significant genetic covariance was found in a number of selection studies Charalambous et al, 1994;Breden and Hornaday, 1994) and there are some cautionary observations to draw about those studies with positive results. However, there are many ways to satisfy the null hypothesis of no relationship that are not demonstrations of the absence of genetic covariance.…”

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“…A common technique for demonstrating additive genetic variance is direct selection on mate preference. A good example is the selection experiment on the common field grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus (Charalambous et al, 1994). Adult grasshoppers were collected from a single population and their offspring tested for acoustic preferences.…”

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The genetic basis of female mate preferences

Bakker

Pomiankowski

1995

J of Evolutionary Biology

234

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We review the evidence for genetic variation in female and male mate preferences. Genetic differences between species and partially isolated races show that preferences can evolve and were genetically variable in the past. Within populations there is good evidence of genetic variation, both of discrete genetic effects (8 cases) and quantitative genetic effects (17 cases), from a diverse range of taxa. We also review evidence for the presence of genetic covariance between mate preferences and sexual traits in the other sex. The 11 studies go a long way to validating the theoretical prediction of positive genetic covariance. The few negative results are best explained by a lack of appropriate experimental design. One unresolved question is whether genetic covariance is due to linkage disequilibrium between unlinked genes or physical linkage. Some evidence points to linkage disequilibrium but this is not yet conclusive.

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“…Butlin & Ritchie, 1989;Boake, 1991;Charalambous et a!., 1994). Hybridization studies must be taken at least to the F2 or first backcross generations in order to have the potential to distinguish genetic coupling from coevolution (Doherty & Hoy, 1985;Butlin & Ritchie, 1989).…”

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The genetic control of pheromone production and response in the pine engraver beetle Ips pini

Hager

Teale

1996

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An understanding of the genetic coordination of signal and response in communication systems is an elusive quest in many organisms. Two hypotheses currently exist to explain the mechanism of coordination and its evolution: (1) signal-response systems are a result of pleiotropic effects of a gene or genes controlling the neural network underlying both or, (2) independent genes produce the signal and response and selection acts similarly on the traits.In this study, we tested the hypothesis that independently assorting genes control the production of, and response to, a sex pheromone in the pine engraver beetle, Ips pini. We measured the genetic correlation of production and response in sons from two situations: wild-caught pairs where there was some level of assortative mating and after five generations of forced 'no choice' mating. If production and response are a result of pleiotropy then there should be no breakdown in the genetic correlation of the two traits under the 'no choice' mating. Both pheromone production by males and the response to it by males and females are highly heritable. Male response appears to be genetically unlinked to pheromone production; therefore it is likely that the traits are not a result of pleiotropy. Instead, assortative mating may maintain the phenotypic correlation between the pheromone blend produced and the blend to which that individual responds.

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Genetic variation in male song and female song preference in the grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

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Quantitative genetics of ultrasonic advertisement signalling in the lesser waxmoth Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Quantitative genetics of ultrasonic advertisement signalling in the lesser waxmoth Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

The genetic basis of female mate preferences

The genetic control of pheromone production and response in the pine engraver beetle Ips pini

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