ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2025
Historical constraints and heterospecific interference lead to maladaptive sex ratio changes in a pollinating fig wasp.
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- Historical constraints and heterospecific interference lead to maladaptive sex ratio changes in a pollinating fig wasp.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
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Natural selection's power is beautifully illustrated by sex ratio variation that seems near-perfectly adapted. However, the fit of sex ratios to optimal predictions is usually tested in oversimplified ecological settings. This creates a one-sided view of evolution, where details are ignored, and evolution appears to produce optimal solutions. Entertaining maladaptation as a potential explanation allows consideration of historical contingencies and trade-offs. These become important in realistic settings where traits may need to be multifunctional, and historical contingencies may channel evolution to suboptimal phenotypes. Evaluating traits' adaptive/maladaptive nature requires understanding the underlying mechanisms (the proximate causes). We studied clutch composition in a pollinating fig wasp where heterospecific females potentially interfere with sex ratio production and adjustment. Using an information-theoretic approach, we compared hypotheses and confirmed that heterospecific females disrupt
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