ArticleNature communications2017
Mate choice in fruit flies is rational and adaptive.
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- Young Adults Make Rational Sexual Decisions.Psychological science · 2020Article
- The complex genetic architecture of male mate choice evolution between Drosophila species.Heredity · 2020Article
- Plastic female choice to optimally balance (k)in- and out-breeding in a predatory mite.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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- Chemical Cues that Guide Female Reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster.Journal of chemical ecology · 2018Review
- Testing Probabilistic Models of Choice using Column Generation.Computers & operations research · 2018Article
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- Tissue-specific insulin signaling mediates female sexual attractiveness.PLoS genetics · 2017Article
- Phenotypic plasticity in female mate choice behavior is mediated by an interaction of direct and indirect genetic effects inEcology and evolution · 2017Article
- Past and present resource availability affect mating rate but not mate choice inBehavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
According to rational choice theory, beneficial preferences should lead individuals to sort available options into linear, transitive hierarchies, although the extent to which non-human animals behave rationally is unclear. Here we demonstrate that mate choice in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster results in the linear sorting of a set of diverse isogenic female lines, unambiguously demonstrating the hallmark of rational behaviour, transitivity. These rational choices are associated with direct benefits, enabling males to maximize offspring production. Furthermore, we demonstrate that female behaviours and cues act redundantly in mate detection and assessment, as rational mate choice largely persists when visual or chemical sensory modalities are impaired, but not when both are impaired. Transitivity in mate choice demonstrates that the quality of potential mates varies significantly among genotypes, and that males and females behave in such a way as to facilitate adaptive mate choice.
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