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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2014

Female, but not male, nematodes evolve under experimental sexual coevolution.

K Fritzsche, N Timmermeyer, M Wolter, N K Michiels

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

K FritzscheDepartment of Animal Evolutionary Ecology, Institute for Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
N TimmermeyerDepartment of Animal Evolutionary Ecology, Institute for Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tübingen, Germany nadinet@uoregon.edu.
M WolterDepartment of Animal Evolutionary Ecology, Institute for Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
N K MichielsDepartment of Animal Evolutionary Ecology, Institute for Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
University of Tübingen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coevolution between the sexes is often considered to be male-driven: the male genome is constantly scanned by selection for traits that increase relative male fertilization success. Whenever these traits are harmful to females, the female genome is scanned for resistance traits. The resulting antagonistic coevolution between the sexes is analogous to Red Queen dynamics, where adaptation and counteradaptation keep each other in check. However, the underlying assumption that male trait evolution precedes female trait counteradaptation has received few empirical tests. Using the gonochoristic nematode Caenorhabditis remanei, we now show that 20 generations of relaxed versus increased sexual selection pressure lead to female, but not to male, trait evolution, questioning the generality of a male-driven process.

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Biological EvolutionMating Preference, AnimalSex RatioAnimalsCaenorhabditisFemaleMaleReproductionCaenorhabditis remaneiexperimental evolutionmale harmRed Queensexually antagonistic coevolutionsexual selection

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PMID25339719
PMCPMC4213631
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