Temperature affects conspecific and heterospecific mating rates in <i>Drosophila</i>.

ABSTRACT: Behavioral mating choices and mating success are important factors in the development of reproductive isolation during speciation. Environmental conditions, especially temperature, can affect these key traits. Environmental conditions can vary across, and frequently delimit species' geographic ranges. Pairing suboptimal conditions with relative rarity of conspecifics at range margins may set the stage for hybridization. Despite the importance of mating behaviors as a reproductive barrier, a general understanding of the interaction between behavioral choices and the environment is lacking, in part because systematic studies are rare. With this report, we begin to bridge that gap by providing evidence that temperature has a significant - but not consistent influence on mating choices and suc

SUBMITTER: Rader JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11565871 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature