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20939836

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
Sexual selection is responsible for many of the most spectacular displays in nature, and female preference for certain males is central to much of this. However, female preference is relatively poorly understood, particularly the relative importance of a female's genes, the environment and their interaction on her preference. We investigated preference in a no-choice design using Drosophila melanogaster iso-female lines and find that there are genotype-by-environment interactions for female preference. Whereas the choosiness of some female genotypes differed little across environments, that of others differed greatly, so that the choosiness rank of females in one environment did not necessarily predict their rank in another. Furthermore, the genetic variance underlying preference also varied across environments. These findings have important consequences for the evolution of female preference and the male sexual traits preference targets.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1420-9101
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2010 The Authors. Journal Compilation © 2010 European Society For Evolutionary Biology.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2550-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Genotype-by-environment interactions for female preference.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Conservation and Ecology, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't