Sex-allocation conflict and sexual selection throughout the lifespan of eusocial colonies
Avila, P., Fromhage, L., & Lehmann, L. (2019). Sex-allocation conflict and sexual selection throughout the lifespan of eusocial colonies. Evolution, 73(6), 1116-1132. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13746
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EvolutionPäivämäärä
2019Tekijänoikeudet
© 2019 The Authors. Evolution published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of The Society for the Study of Evolution.
Models of sex-allocation conflict are central to evolutionary biology but have mostly assumed static decisions, where resource
allocation strategies are constant over colony lifespan. Here, we develop a model to study how the evolution of dynamic resource
allocation strategies is affected by the queen-worker conflict in annual eusocial insects. We demonstrate that the time of dispersal
of sexuals affects the sex-allocation ratio through sexual selection on males. Furthermore, our model provides three predictions
that depart from established results of classic static allocation models. First, we find that the queen wins the sex-allocation
conflict, while the workers determine the maximum colony size and colony productivity. Second, male-biased sex allocation
and protandry evolve if sexuals disperse directly after eclosion. Third, when workers are more related to new queens, then the
proportional investment into queens is expected to be lower, which results from the interacting effect of sexual selection (selecting
for protandry) and sex-allocation conflict (selecting for earlier switch to producing sexuals). Overall, we find that colony ontogeny
crucially affects the outcome of sex-allocation conflict because of the evolution of distinct colony growth phases, which decouples
how queens and workers affect allocation decisions and can result in asymmetric control.
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We thank Mauricio González‐Forero for his help with GPOPS, useful discussions on optimal control theory, and his feedback on the manuscript at various stages. We also thank Heikki Helanterä, James Marshall, and Tom Wenseleers for helpful comments on the earlier version of the manuscript. L.F. was funded by the Academy of Finland (grant 283486).Lisenssi
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