Fitness consequences of redundant cues of competition in male Drosophila melanogaster.

ABSTRACT: Phenotypic plasticity can allow animals to adapt their behavior, such as their mating effort, to their social and sexual environment. However, this relies on the individual receiving accurate and reliable cues of the environmental conditions. This can be achieved via the receipt of multimodal cues, which may provide redundancy and robustness. Male Drosophila melanogaster detect presence of rivals via combinations of any two or more redundant cue components (sound, smell, and touch) and respond by extending their subsequent mating duration, which is associated with higher reproductive success. Although alternative combinations of cues of rival presence have previously been found to elicit equivalent increases in mating duration and offspring production, their redundancy in securing s

SUBMITTER: Dore AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7319233 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature