Assortative mating in mice. II. Strain differences in female mating preference, male preference, and the question of possible sexual selection

1973 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Yanai ◽  
Gerald E. McClearn
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Strain Differences ◽  
Mating Preference ◽  
Male Preference ◽  
Female Mating

scholarly journals EVOLUTION OF DIVERGENT FEMALE MATING PREFERENCE IN RESPONSE TO EXPERIMENTAL SEXUAL SELECTION

Evolution ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (9) ◽  
pp. 2524-2533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan Debelle ◽  
Michael G. Ritchie ◽  
Rhonda R. Snook
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Mating Preference ◽  
Female Mating

Assortative mating in mice. III. Genetic determination of female mating preference

1973 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Yanai ◽  
Gerald E. McClearn
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Mating Preference ◽  
Genetic Determination ◽  
Female Mating

scholarly journals Differences in male coloration are predicted by divergent sexual selection between populations of a cichlid fish

2016 ◽  
Vol 283 (1830) ◽  
pp. 20160172 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. M. Selz ◽  
R. Thommen ◽  
M. E. R. Pierotti ◽  
J. M. Anaya-Rojas ◽  
O. Seehausen
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Mate Choice ◽  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Cichlid Fish ◽  
Female Mate Choice ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Mating Preferences ◽  
Female Mating ◽  
Female Mating Preferences ◽  
Male Coloration

Female mating preferences can influence both intraspecific sexual selection and interspecific reproductive isolation, and have therefore been proposed to play a central role in speciation. Here, we investigate experimentally in the African cichlid fish Pundamilia nyererei if differences in male coloration between three para-allopatric populations (i.e. island populations with gene flow) of P. nyererei are predicted by differences in sexual selection by female mate choice between populations . Second, we investigate if female mating preferences are based on the same components of male coloration and go in the same direction when females choose among males of their own population, their own and other conspecific populations and a closely related para-allopatric sister-species, P. igneopinnis . Mate-choice experiments revealed that females of the three populations mated species-assortatively, that populations varied in their extent of population-assortative mating and that females chose among males of their own population based on different male colours. Females of different populations exerted directional intrapopulation sexual selection on different male colours, and these differences corresponded in two of the populations to the observed differences in male coloration between the populations. Our results suggest that differences in male coloration between populations of P. nyererei can be explained by divergent sexual selection and that population-assortative mating may directly result from intrapopulation sexual selection.

Assortative mating in mice. I. Female mating preference

1972 ◽  
Vol 2 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 173-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Yanai ◽  
Gerald E. McClearn
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Mating Preference ◽  
Female Mating
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document