ArticleBMC evolutionary biology2014
Hermaphrodite life history and the maintenance of partial selfing in experimental populations of Caenorhabditis elegans.
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- Softness of selection and mating system interact to shape trait evolution under sexual conflict.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2021Article
- Partial Selfing Can Reduce Genetic Loads While Maintaining Diversity During Experimental Evolution.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Article
- Experimental Evolution withGenetics · 2017Review
- Variation in rates of spontaneous male production within the nematode species Pristionchus pacificus supports an adaptive role for males and outcrossing.BMC evolutionary biology · 2017Article
- Adaptation to Temporally Fluctuating Environments by the Evolution of Maternal Effects.PLoS biology · 2016Article
- Natural and experimental evolution of sexual conflict within Caenorhabditis nematodes.BMC evolutionary biology · 2015Article
- C. elegans outside the Petri dish.eLife · 2015Review
- Reproductive assurance drives transitions to self-fertilization in experimental Caenorhabditis elegans.BMC biology · 2014Article
- Hermaphrodite life history and the maintenance of partial selfing in experimental populations of Caenorhabditis elegans.BMC evolutionary biology · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundClassic population genetics theory predicts that mixed reproductive systems, where self reproduction (selfing) and outcrossing co-exist, should not be as common as they are in nature. One means of reconciling theory with observations is to recognize that sexual conflict between males and hermaphrodites and/or constraints in the allocation of resources towards sex functions in hermaphrodites can balance the fitness components of selfing and outcrossing.
resultsUsing experimental evolution in Caenorhabditis elegans, we test whether the adaptive maintenance of partial selfing is due to sexual conflict and/or to the evolution of sex allocation towards male function in hermaphrodites. For this, we characterized the reproductive schedule and longevity patterns in hermaphrodites under selfing and under outcrossing with naïve males that did not have the opportunity to evolve with them. A shift in reproductive schedule towards earlier reproduction would be indicative of adaptation in our imposed life-cycle, while longevity is expected to evolve as a response to the harm that males impinge on hermaphrodites upon mating. To determine adaptation in the absence of constraints in sex allocation, we also characterized the life history of females that reproduced during experimental evolution through obligate mating with males. As expected with adaptation, we find that after 100 generations of experimental evolution, selfing hermaphrodites and females showed improved reproduction at earlier ages. We did not observe similar reproductive shifts in outcrossed hermaphrodites. We further find increased longevity in outcrossed females after evolution but not in outcrossed hermaphrodites, a result that indicates that sexual conflicts were likely more prevalent under male-female evolution than under male-hermaphrodite evolution.
conclusionsTaken together, our findings suggest that the adaptive maintenance of partial selfing during C. elegans experimental evolution resulted from the evolution of sex allocation towards male function in hermaphrodites.
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