The influence of female age on male mating preference and reproductive success in cabbage beetle, <i>Colaphellus bowringi</i>

Liu, Xing‐Ping; He, Hong‐Ping; Xue, Fang‐Sen

doi:10.1111/1744-7917.12051

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“…Similarly, in massreared A. ludens females, mating success increases with age, has a peak at 21 d-old and then decreases until 65 d-old, when only~65 % of females copulated (ReyesHernández and Pérez-Staples submitted). In D. ananassae, D. bipectinata and the cabbage beetle, Colaphellus bowringi middle-aged females also had significantly greater mating success, mated faster and copulated longer than younger or older females (Prathibha and Krishna 2010;Somashekar and Krishna 2011;Liu et al 2014).…”

Section: Female Mating Latency Copulation Duration and Mating Successmentioning

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Female Age Determines Remating Behavior in Wild Mexican Fruit Flies

2016

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Male and female age are important factors that can influence mating and remating behavior. Females can discriminate against or prefer older males, but there have been relatively fewer studies on how female and male age influence female remating. Here we showed in wild flies of the Mexican fruit fly Anastrepha ludens (Loew), that when females were given a choice between males of different ages, younger females preferred to mate with younger males over older males, while older females were less selective. Also, when given a choice between males of different ages, older females had longer copulation durations than younger females. On the other hand, older males and females had lower mating success, compared with young and middleaged flies under no choice conditions. However, middle-aged females mated faster compared to young females and young males mated faster compared to middle-aged males. Male age did not influence female remating, while female age strongly determined female remating, with no females remating when they were old. It is unclear if female receptivity mechanisms are switched off at older ages, or if females are reluctant to remate due to possible costs of mating. We discuss our results in terms of how male and female age can influence mating decisions.

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Section: Female Mating Latency Copulation Duration and Mating Successmentioning

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Female Age Determines Remating Behavior in Wild Mexican Fruit Flies

2016

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“…There are two distinct infestation peaks annually: one in spring with a single generation and a second in autumn involving three generations. Both sexes copulate an average of five times per day [ 33 – 35 ], and 15-dayold partners have significantly greater mating success in mate choice than other developmental stages [ 36 , 37 ]. However, highly effective sex attractants and pesticides to control the pest are not available [ 38 , 39 ].…”

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Candidate chemosensory genes identified in Colaphellus bowringi by antennal transcriptome analysis

Zhu

Wang

et al. 2015

BMC Genomics

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BackgroundSince chemosensory genes play key roles in insect behaviour, they can potentially be used as new targets for pest control. The cabbage beetle, Colaphellus bowringi, is a serious insect pest of cruciferous vegetables in China and other Asian countries. However, a systematic identification of the chemosensory genes expressed in the antennae has not been reported.ResultsWe assembled the antennal transcriptome of C. bowringi by using Illumina sequencing technology and identified 104 candidate chemosensory genes by analyzing transcriptomic data, which included transcripts encoding 26 odorant-binding proteins (OBPs), 12 chemosensory proteins (CSPs), four sensory neuron membrane proteins (SNMPs), 43 odorant receptors (ORs), nine ionotropic receptors (IRs), and ten gustatory receptors (GRs). The data obtained are similar to those found in other coleopteran species, suggesting that our approach successfully identified the chemosensory genes of C. bowringi. The expression patterns of 43 OR genes, some of which were predominately found in the antenna or associated with sex-biased expression, were analyzed using quantitative real time RT-PCR (qPCR).ConclusionsOur study revealed that a large number of chemosensory genes are expressed in C. bowringi. These candidate chemosensory genes and their expression profiles in various tissues provide further information on understanding their function in C. bowringi as well as other insects, and identifying potential targets to disrupt the odorant system in C. bowringi so that new methods for pest management can be developed.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-015-2236-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…So, the low total percentage of copulations in our study may be caused by the lines being highly inbred. Possibly, in D. subobscura, inbreeding has a large influence on the frequency of copulations, at least in limited time (2 h per replica), which is necessary for measuring female preferences (Narraway et al, 2010;Liu et al, 2014). But inbred females can be more choosy, more discriminating in choosing a male mate than outbred ones (Mazzi et al, 2004;Immonen et al, 2009).…”

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Mating behavior as an indicator of quality of Drosophila subobscura males?

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According to current theoretical predictions, any deleterious mutations that reduce nonsexual fitness may have a negative influence on mating success. This means that sexual selection may remove deleterious mutations from the populations. Males of good genetic quality should be more successful in mating, compared to the males of lower genetic quality. As mating success is a condition dependent trait, large fractions of the genome may be a target of sexual selection and many behavioral traits are likely to be condition dependent. We manipulated the genetic quality of Drosophila subobscura males by inducing mutations with ionizing radiation and observed the effects of the obtained heterozygous mutations on male mating behavior: courtship occurrence, courtship latency, mating occurrence, latency to mating and duration of mating. We found possible effects of mutations. Females mated more frequently with male progeny of nonirradiated males and that these males courted females faster compared to the male progeny of irradiated males. Our findings indicate a possible important role of sexual selection in purging deleterious mutations.

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The influence of female age on male mating preference and reproductive success in cabbage beetle, Colaphellus bowringi

Cited by 11 publications

References 45 publications

Female Age Determines Remating Behavior in Wild Mexican Fruit Flies

Female Age Determines Remating Behavior in Wild Mexican Fruit Flies

Candidate chemosensory genes identified in Colaphellus bowringi by antennal transcriptome analysis

Mating behavior as an indicator of quality of Drosophila subobscura males?

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