The genotypic control of mating speed and duration of copulation in Drosophila pseudoobscura

Kaul, D.; Parsons, P. A.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1965.51

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“…This and other evidence is discussed by Langridge (1962) who maintains that heterosis under these circumstances is due to recessive, temperature-sensitive alleles occurring in natural populations which therefore lead to temperature sensitivity in homozygotes rather than in heterozygotes, although this seems to be an oversimplification. This paper and Kaul and Parsons (1965) show that the two behavioural traits under investigation have properties similar to the various components of fitness more classically studied in D. pseudoobscura (e.g. Dobzhansky, 1957).…”

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“…The importance of the karyotype of the female in determining mating frequency contrasts with the results of Kaul and Parsons (1965) who found the karyotype of the male to be of critical importance.…”

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“…For duration of copulation, the karyotype of the male is clearly more important than that of the female in agreement with Kaul and Parsons (1965). It is unlikely that copulation would cease before the sperm is transferred.…”

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Mating speed and duration of copulation in Drosophila pseudoobscura

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1966

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Mating speed and duration of copulation in Drosophila pseudoobscura

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Kaul

1966

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“…Duration of copulation in D. persimilis (Kaul and Parsons, 1965), female receptivity in D. pavani (Yu and Spiess, 1978) and mating speed in D. subobscura (Monclüs and Prevosti, 1971), D. persimilis Spiess, 1967, 1969), D. pseudoobscura (Spiess and Langar, 1964) and D. pavani (Brncic and Koref-Santibanez, 1964), have all been shown to be influenced by chromosomal inversions.…”

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The effects of a chromosomal inversion on adult size and male mating success in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida

1982

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SUMMARYAn association is reported between the a//3 inversion polymorphism on chromosome I and adult size as assessed by the length of wings. aa flies are larger than (3/3 flies, with heterokaryotypes intermediate, and the differences are more marked in males than in females. Laboratory mating experiments were performed in which a single female was given a choice of two males. By examining the genotypes of the progeny larvae, it is shown that the larger male is successful in a significantly greater proportion of trials than the smaller one. This mating success is dependent on the size difference between the males and on the female size. Together these observations suggest an indirect influence of the inversion on male mating success. The possible relevance of this effect to the maintenance of the inversion polymorphism in natural populations is discussed.

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“…Although a number of adaptive functions have been found to be associated with inversion polymorphism, the association of mating propensity with inversion karyotypes is an important one. The correlation between sexual activity and chromosomal polymorphism has been found in D. persimilis Langer, 1961, 1964a), D. pseudoobscura (Spiess and Langer, 1964b;Kaul and Parsons, 1965;Parsons and Kaul, 1966;Spiess et a!., 1966), D. pavani (Brncic and Koref-Santibanez, 1964), D. subobscura (Sperlich, 1966) and D. robusta (Prakash, 1968). Evidence for rare male mating advantage for inversion karyotypes has also been presented (Ehrman et a!., 1965;Anderson and Brown, 1984).…”

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Parallelism between male mating propensity and chromosome arrangement frequency in natural populations of Drosophila ananassae

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Chatterjee

1988

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Mating ability of different karyotypes due to sub-terminal (alpha or tn(2L)A) inversion in 2L from two natural populations of Drosophila ananassae was investigated. The results show that the average number of females inseminated by a single male in 12-hour period varies for different karyotypes in males. The analysis of variance indicates that the differences are highly significant for males in both the populations studied. However, the averages for different karyotypes in females show no variation and thus homo-and heterokaryotypic females are equally receptive. The males heterozygous for inversion show greater mating propensity as compared with homokaryotypic males which provides evidence for heterosis associated with AL inversion in D. ananassae with respect to male mating activity. Furthermore, the comparison of male mating propensity with chromosome arrangement frequency in both the natural populations suggests that there is a correlation between mating propensity and chromosome arrangement frequency in natural populations of D. ananassae.

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The genotypic control of mating speed and duration of copulation in Drosophila pseudoobscura

Cited by 54 publications

References 13 publications

Mating speed and duration of copulation in Drosophila pseudoobscura

Mating speed and duration of copulation in Drosophila pseudoobscura

The effects of a chromosomal inversion on adult size and male mating success in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida

Parallelism between male mating propensity and chromosome arrangement frequency in natural populations of Drosophila ananassae

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