Multivariate stabilizing sexual selection and the evolution of male and female genital morphology in the red flour beetle

House, Clarissa, Tunstall, Philip, Rapkin, James, Bale, Mathilda J., Gage, Matthew, del Castillo, Enrique and Hunt, John (2020) Multivariate stabilizing sexual selection and the evolution of male and female genital morphology in the red flour beetle. Evolution, 74 (5). pp. 883-896. ISSN 0014-3820

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Abstract

Male genitals are highly divergent in animals with internal fertilization. Most studies attempting to explain this diversity have focused on testing the major hypotheses of genital evolution (the lock-and-key, pleiotropy, and sexual selection hypotheses), and quantifying the form of selection targeting male genitals has played an important role in this endeavor. However, we currently know far less about selection targeting female genitals or how male and female genitals interact during mating. Here, we use formal selection analysis to show that genital size and shape is subject to strong multivariate stabilizing sexual selection in both sexes of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Moreover, we show significant sexual selection on the covariance between the sexes for specific aspects of genital shape suggesting that male and female genitalia also interact to determine the successful transfer of a spermatophore during mating. Our work therefore highlights the important role that both male and female genital morphologies play in determining mating success and that these effects can occur independently, as well as through their interaction. Moreover, it cautions against the overly simplistic view that the sexual selection targeting genital morphology will always be directional in form and restricted primarily to males.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	fitness peak,genitals,lock-and-key hypothesis,selection analysis,ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics,genetics,agricultural and biological sciences(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1105
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Organisms and the Environment
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	03 Jan 2020 04:01
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2024 14:24
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/73454
DOI:	10.1111/evo.13912

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