ArticleEcology and evolution2015
No evidence that within-group male relatedness reduces harm to females in Drosophila.
Article in Ecology and evolution, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- No evidence that relatedness or familiarity modulates male harm inEcology and evolution · 2022Article
- Sex-biased demography modulates male harm across the genome.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Males optimally balance selfish and kin-selected strategies of sexual competition in the guppy.Nature ecology & evolution · 2020Article
- Kin but less than kind: within-group male relatedness does not increase female fitness in seed beetles.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2019Article
- Males harm females less when competing with familiar relatives.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
- Male relatedness and familiarity are required to modulate male-induced harm to females inProceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
- Kin selection promotes female productivity and cooperation between the sexes.Science advances · 2017Article
- Sexual selection modulates genetic conflicts and patterns of genomic imprinting.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2017Article
- Are flies kind to kin? The role of intra- and inter-sexual relatedness in mediating reproductive conflict.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2015Article
- Does kin selection moderate sexual conflict in Drosophila?Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2015Article
- Related male Drosophila melanogaster reared together as larvae fight less and sire longer lived daughters.Ecology and evolution · 2015Article
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Abstract
Conflict between males and females over whether, when, and how often to mate often leads to the evolution of sexually antagonistic interactions that reduce female reproductive success. Because the offspring of relatives contribute to inclusive fitness, high relatedness between rival males might be expected to reduce competition and result in the evolution of reduced harm to females. A recent study investigated this possibility in Drosophila melanogaster and concluded that groups of brothers cause less harm to females than groups of unrelated males, attributing the effect to kin selection. That study did not control for the rearing environment of males, rendering the results impossible to interpret in the context of kin selection. Here, we conducted a similar experiment while manipulating whether males developed with kin prior to being placed with females. We found no difference between related and unrelated males in the harm caused to females when males were reared separately. In contrast, when related males developed and emerged together before the experiment, female reproductive output was higher. Our results show that relatedness among males is insufficient to reduce harm to females, while a shared rearing environment - resulting in males similar to or familiar with one another - is necessary to generate this pattern.
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