Increased male-induced harm in response to female-limited selection: interactive effects between intra- and interlocus sexual conflict?

ABSTRACT: Interlocus sexual conflict (IRSC) occurs because of shared interactions that have opposite effects on male and female fitness. Typically, it is assumed that loci involved in IRSC have sex-limited expression and are thus not directly affected by selective pressures acting on the other sex. However, if loci involved in IRSC have pleiotropic effects in the other sex, intersexual selection can shape the evolutionary dynamics of conflict escalation and resolution, as well as the evolution of reproductive traits linked to IRSC loci, and vice versa. Here we used an artificial selection approach in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) to test if female-limited selection on reproductive investment affects the amount of harm caused by males during mating. We found that males originating from li

SUBMITTER: Romero-Haro AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10130724 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature