Softness of selection and mating system interact to shape trait evolution under sexual conflict.

ABSTRACT: Sexual selection and sexual conflict play central roles in driving the evolution of male and female traits. Experimental evolution provides a powerful approach to study the operation of these forces under controlled environmental and demographic conditions, thereby allowing direct comparisons of evolutionary trajectories under different treatments such as mating systems. Despite the rapid progress of experimental and statistical techniques that support experimental evolution studies, we still lack clear theoretical predictions on the effects of different mating systems beyond what intuition suggests. For example, polygamy (several males and females in a mating group) and polyandry (one single female and multiple males in a mating group) have each been used as treatments that elevate sexual

SUBMITTER: Li Richter XY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9293156 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature