ReviewEcology and evolution2018
Making sense of intralocus and interlocus sexual conflict.
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- Sexual conflict, heterochrony and tissue specificity as evolutionary problems of adaptive plasticity in development.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Review
- Is personality and its association with energetics sex-specific in yellow-necked miceEcology and evolution · 2023Article
- The roles of sexual selection and sexual conflict in shaping patterns of genome and transcriptome variation.Nature ecology & evolution · 2023Review
- Divergent evolution of genetic sex determination mechanisms along environmental gradients.Evolution letters · 2023Article
- Sex-Biased Expression Is Associated With Chromatin State in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans.Molecular biology and evolution · 2023Article
- Increased male-induced harm in response to female-limited selection: interactive effects between intra- and interlocus sexual conflict?Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Sex-biased expression is associated with chromatin state inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- The evolution of sex peptide: sexual conflict, cooperation, and coevolution.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2022Article
- Investigating the interaction between inter-locus and intra-locus sexual conflict using hemiclonal analysis in Drosophila melanogaster.BMC ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Female-limited X chromosome evolution reveals that lifespan is mainly modulated by interlocus rather than intralocus sexual conflict.Behavioral ecology and sociobiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Sexual conflict occurs because males and females are exposed to different selection pressures. This can affect many aspects of female and male biology, such as physiology, behavior, genetics, and even population ecology. Its broad impact has caused widespread interest in sexual conflict. However, a key aspect of sexual conflict is often confused; it comprises two distinct forms: intralocus and interlocus sexual conflict (IASC and IRSC). Although both are caused by sex differences in selection, they operate via different proximate and ultimate mechanisms. Intralocus sexual conflict and IRSC are often not clearly defined as separate processes in the scientific literature, which impedes a proper understanding of each form as well as of their relative impact on sexual conflict. Furthermore, our current knowledge of the genetics of these phenomena is severely limited. This prevents us from empirically testing numerous theories regarding the role of these two forms of sexual conflict in evolution. Here, we clarify the distinction between IASC and IRSC, by discussing how male and female interests differ, how and when sex-specific adaptation occurs, and how this may lead to evolutionary change. We then describe a framework for their study, focusing on how future experiments may help identify the genetics underlying these phenomena. Through this, we hope to promote a more critical reflection on IASC and IRSC as well as underline the necessity of genetic and mechanistic studies of these two phenomena.
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