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FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.639751
关键词
viviparity; sexual selection; intergenomic conflict; placenta; Poeciliidae
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资金
- National Science Foundation [DEB-0416085, DEB-1754669]
- National Science Foundation (PRFB Award) [1523666]
- Div Of Biological Infrastructure
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1523666] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Sexual conflict arises from differences in the ways males and females maximize fitness, which are influenced by investment in gametes, mate choice, and provision for offspring. Evolution of maternal provisioning in fish can lead to changes in when and how mates are chosen and is associated with the evolution of male traits linked to sexual selection. Contrary to predictions, the evolution of placentas and associated conflict does not accelerate speciation, with a more prominent role played by pre-copulatory reproductive isolation in driving speciation in this family.
Sexual conflict is caused by differences between the sexes in how fitness is maximized. These differences are shaped by the discrepancy in the investment in gametes, how mates are chosen and how embryos and young are provided for. Fish in the family Poeciliidae vary from completely provisioning eggs before they are fertilized to providing virtually all resources after fertilization via the functional equivalent of a mammalian placenta. This shift in when females provision their young relative to when an egg is fertilized is predicted to cause a fundamental change in when and how sexual conflict is manifested. If eggs are provisioned before fertilization, there should be strong selection for females to choose with whom they mate. Maternal provisioning after fertilization should promote a shift to post-copulatory mate choice. The evolution of maternal provisioning may in turn have cascading effects on the evolution of diverse features of the biology of these fish because of this shift in when mates are chosen. Here we summarize what these consequences are and show that the evolution of maternal provisioning is indeed associated with and appears to govern the evolution of male traits associated with sexual selection. The evolution of placentas and associated conflict does not cause accelerated speciation, contrary to predictions. Accelerated speciation rate is instead correlated with the evolution of male traits associated with sexual selection, which implies a more prominent role of pre-copulatory reproductive isolation in causing speciation in this family.
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