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Author (up) Gay, L.; Brown, E.; Tregenza, T.; Pincheira-Donoso, D.; Eady, P.E.; Vasudev, R.; Hunt, J.; Hosken, D.J. url  doi
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  Title The genetic architecture of sexual conflict: male harm and female resistance in Callosobruchus maculatus Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication Journal of Evolutionary Biology Abbreviated Journal J Evol Biol  
  Volume 24 Issue 2 Pages 449-456  
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  Abstract Males harm females during mating in a range of species. This harm is thought to evolve because it is directly or indirectly beneficial to the male, despite being costly to his mate. The resulting sexually antagonistic selection can cause sexual arms races. For sexually antagonistic co-evolution to occur, there must be genetic variation for traits involved in female harming and susceptibility to harm, but even then intersexual genetic correlations could facilitate or impede sexual co-evolution. Male Callosobruchus maculatus harm their mates during copulation by damaging the female's reproductive tract. However, there have been no investigations of the genetic variation in damage or in female susceptibility to damage, nor has the genetic covariance between these characters been assessed. Here, we use a full-sib/half-sib breeding design to show that male damage is heritable, whereas female susceptibility to damage is much less so. There is also a substantial positive genetic correlation between the two, suggesting that selection favouring damaging males will increase the prevalence of susceptible females. We also provide evidence consistent with intralocus sexual conflict in this species.  
  Address Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK  
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  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  ISSN 1010-061X ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes PMID:21126275 Approved no  
  Call Number Hope @ putzke @ Serial 20  
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