Effects of mitochondrial haplotype on pre-copulatory mating success in male fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster).

ABSTRACT: While mitochondria have long been understood to be critical to cellular function, questions remain as to how genetic variation within mitochondria may underlie variation in general metrics of organismal function. To date, studies investigating links between mitochondrial genotype and phenotype have largely focused on differences in expression of genes and physiological and life-history traits across haplotypes. Mating display behaviours may also be sensitive to mitochondrial functionality and so may also be affected by sequence variation in mitochondrial DNA, with consequences for sexual selection and fitness. Here, we tested whether the pre-copulatory mating success of male fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) varies across six different mitochondrial haplotypes expressed alongside a com

SUBMITTER: Koch RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9804843 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature