Does past evolutionary history under different mating regimes influence the demographic dynamics of interspecific competition?

ABSTRACT: Interspecific interactions are contingent upon organism phenotypes, and thus phenotypic evolution can modify interspecific interactions and affect ecological dynamics. Recent studies have suggested that male-male competition within a species selects for capability to reproductively interfere with a closely related species. Here, we examine the effect of past evolutionary history under different mating regimes on the demographic dynamics of interspecific competition in Callosobruchus seed beetles. We used previously established experimental evolution lines of Callosobruchus chinensis that evolved under either forced lifelong monogamy or polygamy for 17 generations, and examined the demographic dynamics of competition between these C. chinensis lines and a congener, C

SUBMITTER: Kyogoku D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6686342 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature