Are larger and/or more symmetrical Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera, Drosophilidae) males more successful in matings in nature?


Autoria(s): Pavković-Lučić,Sofija; Kekić,Vladimir
Data(s)

01/12/2011

Resumo

Are larger and/or more symmetrical Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera, Drosophilidae) males more successful in matings in nature? Sexual selection in Drosophila melanogaster, related to body size and fluctuating asymmetry in wing length and number of sex comb teeth in males, was tested in natural conditions. Males collected in copula were significantly larger than those collected as a single, while no difference in mean number of sex comb teeth between copulating and single males was observed. On the other hand, single males had greater asymmetry both for wing length and number of sex comb teeth than their mating counterparts. It looks like that symmetry of these bilateral traits also may play a role in sexual selection in this dipteran species in nature.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262011000400015

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia

Fonte

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia v.55 n.4 2011

Palavras-Chave #Body size #Drosophila melanogaster #fluctuating asymmetry #mating success #sex combs
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journal article