Mating patterns of different Adh genotypes of Drosophila melanogaster I. Differences in mating ability

Prado, J. A. Sánchez; Lizana, Gloria Blanco

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“…Studies on sexual behaviour in numerous species of Drosophila with particular reference to its genetic control, contribution of two sexes to the variation in mating activity and repeat mating are well documented [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. It is widely demonstrated that males of different species of Drosophila can inseminate more than one female and mating ability of males is influenced by genetic and other factors [8][9][10][11][12][13]. A male's ability to secure copulations may depend on his phenotype, which can vary according to his physiological condition [14].…”

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Male Age Effect on Male Remating and Fitness in Phorticella Striata

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2014

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Male traits known to influence on female mating decision were also known to influence on male remating ability too. In Phorticella striata age of male effect on male remating and progeny production has been studied. It was noticed that middle aged male had greater percentage of remating than those of young and old males. In all the three male age classes male mated with two females in 1 hour had copulated significantly for longer time, mated females laid greater number of eggs and more progeny than male mated with one female in 1 hour. Further, among male mated with two females in 1 hour, male mated with 1 st female copulated longer, mated female laid greater number of eggs and progeny production than male mateed with 2 nd female in 1 hour. Thus, these studies in Phorticella striata suggests that male age has significant influence on male remating and progeny production. Middle aged male had greater remating and progeny production than young and old males.

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Male Age Effect on Male Remating and Fitness in Phorticella Striata

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2014

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“…It has been widely demonstrated that males of different species of Drosophila can inseminate more than a single female, and the mating ability of males is influenced by genetic and other factors [32,34,36,37]. According to Gromko [12], multiple mating is widely believed to be advantageous for males, and selection of males can produce a correlated response in females.…”

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Male Age Influence on Male Remating and Progeny Production in Drosophila Malerkotliana

Shivakumar¹

2014

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Abstract:Reproductive success of the male is not only depends on his success in mating, but the number of females he could inseminate in a given time. The age effect on male remating and progeny production has been studied in Drosophila malerkotliana. It was found that middle aged males had a greater percentage of remating than those of young or old males. Male mated two females in an hour had copulated longer, laid a greater number of eggs and produced the greatest number of progeny than those males which mated with one female in an hour. This result found to be similar in all the male age classes studied. It was also noted that young male copulated longest in the experiment involving male mated only one female in 1 hour. Female that mated with middle aged male laid least fecundity in the experiment involving male mated only one female in 1 hour. Whereas female that mated with middle aged male had produced greater progeny in the experiment in which male mated with one/two females in 1 hour. Among the male mated with 1 st and 2 nd female in an hour male invested more in 1 st mated female compared to 2 nd mated female.

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Mating patterns of differentAdh genotypes ofDrosophila melanogaster. II. Testing rare-male mating advantage

Prado

Lizana

1989

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In this paper we analyze the rare-male mating advantage at the Adh locus in Drosophila melanogaster by three different statistical methods: chi 2 test [classically applied for this kind of experiment (Ehrman, 1966; Spiess and Schwer, 1978; Markow et al., 1980)], linear regression (Adams-Duncan's test), and estimation of relative male mating success (Anderson-Browns's test). With the chi 2 test, a rare-male SS mating advantage could be speculated in the FF vs. SS comparison, but when the other two statistical methods were applied, this effect was not evident. However, in the FF vs. SS comparison, FF males show a much greater mating success than SS males in experiments with a 1:1 or 1:9 ratio. In the FF vs. FS and FS vs. SS comparisons, differences in mating success and frequency dependent selection were not found. The fact that a rare-male mating advantage is not detected for any of the Adh genotypes seems to indicate that this type of frequency-dependent selection is not a major component of the mechanism to maintain polymorphism at the Adh locus.

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Mating patterns of different Adh genotypes of Drosophila melanogaster I. Differences in mating ability

Cited by 3 publications

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Male Age Effect on Male Remating and Fitness in Phorticella Striata

Male Age Effect on Male Remating and Fitness in Phorticella Striata

Male Age Influence on Male Remating and Progeny Production in Drosophila Malerkotliana

Mating patterns of differentAdh genotypes ofDrosophila melanogaster. II. Testing rare-male mating advantage

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