Mating Behavior and Male Courtship Sounds in the Drosophila Virilis Group

Hoikkala, Anneli; Lakovaara, Seppo; Romppainen, Erkki

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“…All four species of this group living sympatrically in northern Europe (D. montana, D. lummei, D. littoralis and D. ezoana) have species-specific songs with clear differences in IPI (Hoikkala et al, 1982) and, as Liimatainen and Hoikkala (1998) have shown, interspecific courtships in the wild break most frequently when the male begins to sing. Species-specificity of the song does not, however, automatically lead to strong sexual isolation, and in some species song evolution has been found to be more rapid than the evolution of sexual isolation (Gleason and Ritchie, 1998).…”

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“…These courtships, however, break down, when the male begins to vibrate his wings producing courtship song (e.g., 75% of the courtships between D. montana females and D. lummei males are interrupted at this stage; Liimatainen and Hoikkala, 1998). The courtship songs of sympatric D. virilis group species differ clearly from each other (Hoikkala et al, 1982).…”

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The Role of Male Courtship Song in Species Recognition in Drosophila montana

2005

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In many Drosophila species the male courtship song is an essential part of a successful courtship, playing a role in species-recognition and/or in sexual selection exercised by the females on conspecific males. In Drosophila montana, specific traits of the courtship song (the length and the carrier frequency of sound pulses) have earlier been shown to play an important role in intraspecific mate choice. Here we show that the male song (especially the interpulse interval) also plays a role in species-recognition, maintaining sexual isolation between sympatric species. We succeeded in breaking down sexual isolation between D. montana females and D. lummei males by playing the females simulated courtship song with a species-specific interpulse interval while they were courted by a mute (wingless) male. Involvement of different song traits in intra- and interspecific mate choice suggests that the song may be affected by both directional and stabilizing selection.

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The Role of Male Courtship Song in Species Recognition in Drosophila montana

2005

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“…These studies have provided evidence that sound has a function both as a sexual stimulant and in sexual isolation. These sounds vary significantly among the various species of the affinis (Chang & Miller, 1978), melanogaster (Cowling & Burnet, 1981), virilis (Hoikkala et al, 1982;Hoikkala & Isoherranen, 1997), mercatorum (Ikeda & Maruo, 1982), repleta (Ewing & Miyan, 1986), auraria (Tomaru & Oguma, 1994), planitibia (Hoikkala et al, 1994), willistoni (Ritchie & Gleason, 1995), quinaria (Neems et al, 1997), and obscura (Noor & Aquadro, 1998) groups.…”

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Characterization of courtship sounds of species of the subgroup fasciola (Diptera, Drosophilidae, Drosophila repleta group): interspecific and interpopulational analyses

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2002

Braz. J. Biol.

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The aim of this work was to characterize the male courtship song pattern of various species of the fasciola subgroup and to determine the level of variation both within and among species. The parameters analyzed were intrapulse interval (PI), interpulse interval (IPI), and intrapulse frequency (IF). Six different species were analyzed: D. coroica (three populations), D. ellisoni, D. fascioloides, D. moju, D. onca, and D. rosinae (one population each). There were significant differences among the six species for these three courtship song parameters. The IPI was the most variable parameter among these species, suggesting that this parameter is important for female discrimination. Four different hypotheses could explain this variation: 1. different selection pressures with absence of flow gene; 2. intraspecific sexual selection; 3. sympatric effects on song evolution; and 4. genetic drift. The PI was the only parameter that was significantly different among the three population of D. coroica. Low variability among populations within the same species was already observed for other subgroups and could be explained by the following hypotheses: strong selection acting on the song parameters, gene flow, or recent colonization from a common source. Additional studies of the courtship song of other species of the fasciola subgroup, as well as for other subgroups of the repleta group, and studies, using molecular makers, that focus on the genetic basis of the differences among these species in courtship song would allow us to evaluate the association of courtship song and sexual isolation in these species, and would also help us to understand the evolution of these behavioural differences.Key words: drosophila, fasciola subgroup, courtship song, evolution, behavior. 3. efeito de simpatria; e 4. deriva genética. As análises realizadas entre as 3 populações da espécie D. coroica mostraram diferenças estatísticas somente em relação ao PI. Essa baixa variabilidade entre populações de uma mesma espécie também já foi encontrada em outros subgrupos e pode ser explicada pelas seguintes hipóteses: forte seleção sobre os parâmetros sonoros, ocorrência de fluxo gênico entre as populações ou colonizações recentes a partir de um ancestral comum. Estudos da corte sonora de outras espécies do subgrupo fasciola e mesmo de espécies de outros subgrupos do grupo repleta, e também estudos relacionados à base genética das diferenças sonoras entre as espécies, utilizando marcadores moleculares, ajudariam a avaliar a relação dos parâmetros sonoros com o processo de isolamento sexual e também a entender a evolução dessas diferenças comportamentais. RESUMOPalavras-chave: drosophila, subgrupo fasciola, corte sonora, evolução, comportamento.

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“…The males of the remaining five species produce only one sound pulse during each wing extension\vibration, which results in speciesspecific songs with long pauses (in D. littoralis about 300 ms) between successive sound pulses (Hoikkala et al, 1982). Hoikkala & Lumme (1987) have earlier found that the differences between the songs of D.…”

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Localization of genes affecting species differences in male courtship song between Drosophila virilis and D. littoralis

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The males of six species of the Drosophila virilis group (including D. virilis) keep their wings extended while producing a train of sound pulses, where the pulses follow each other without any pause. The males of the remaining five species of the group produce only one sound pulse during each wing extension/vibration, which results in species-specific songs with long pauses (in D. littoralis about 300 ms) between successive sound pulses. Genetic analyses of the differences between the songs of D. virilis and D. littoralis showed that species-specific song traits are affected by genes on the X chromosome, and for the length of pause, also by genes on chromosomes 3 and 4. The X chromosomal genes having a major impact on pulse and pause length were tightly linked with white, apricot and notched marker genes located at the proximal third of the chromosome. A large inversion in D. littoralis, marked by notched, prevents more precise localization of these genes by classical crossing methods.

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Mating Behavior and Male Courtship Sounds in the Drosophila Virilis Group

Cited by 25 publications

References 12 publications

The Role of Male Courtship Song in Species Recognition in Drosophila montana

The Role of Male Courtship Song in Species Recognition in Drosophila montana

Characterization of courtship sounds of species of the subgroup fasciola (Diptera, Drosophilidae, Drosophila repleta group): interspecific and interpopulational analyses

Localization of genes affecting species differences in male courtship song between Drosophila virilis and D. littoralis

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