Näytä suppeat kuvailutiedot

dc.contributor.authorMazzi, Dominique
dc.contributor.authorKesäniemi, Jenni
dc.contributor.authorHoikkala, Anneli
dc.contributor.authorKlappert, Kirsten
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-20T08:10:55Z
dc.date.available2012-11-20T08:10:55Z
dc.date.issued2009fi
dc.identifier.citationMazzi, D., Kesäniemi, J., Hoikkala, A., & Klappert, K. (2009). Sexual conflict over the duration of copulation in Drosophila montana: why is longer better?. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9 (132). Retrieved from http://www.biomedcentral.com/147-2148/9/132fi
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-132
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/40375
dc.description.abstractBackground. Conflicts of interest between the sexes are increasingly recognized as an engine driving the (co-)evolution of reproductive traits. The reproductive behaviour of Drosophila montana suggests the occurrence of sexual conflict over the duration of copulation. During the last stages of copulation, females vigorously attempt to dislodge the mounting male, while males struggle to maintain genital contact and often successfully extend copulations far beyond the females' preferred duration. Results. By preventing female resistance, we show that females make a substantial contribution towards shortening copulations. We staged matings under different sex ratio conditions, and provide evidence that copulation duration is a form of male reproductive investment that responds to the perceived intensity of sperm competition as predicted by game theoretical models. Further, we investigated potential benefits to persistent males, and costs to females coerced into longer matings. While males did not benefit in terms of increased progeny production by protracting copulation, female remating was delayed after long first copulations. Conclusion. Copulation time is a trait subject to sexual conflict. Mating durations exceeding female optima serve males as a form of 'extended mate guarding': by inducing mating refractoriness in the female, a male extends the time over which its sperm is exclusively used to sire progeny and reduces the likelihood of the female being reinseminated by a competitor.fi
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBioMed Central (BMC)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBMC Evolutionary Biology
dc.subject.otherseksuaalinen konflikti
dc.subject.otherparittelun pituus
dc.titleSexual conflict over the duration of copulation in Drosophila montana: why is longer better?fi
dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201804202284
dc.contributor.laitosBio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosThe Department of Biological and Environmental Scienceen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2012-11-15T14:52:50Z
dc.rights.holderDominique Mazzi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.type.coarjournal article
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.relation.issn1471-2148
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2009 Mazzi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.rights.urlhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
dc.relation.doi10.1186/1471-2148-9-132


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