期刊
ECOLOGY LETTERS
卷 25, 期 2, 页码 295-306出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13921
关键词
aggression; honest signals; indirect genetic effects; male-male competition; quantitative genetics; runaway evolution; sexual selection; social evolution; weapons
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资金
- NERC (UK) [NE/C510659/1]
- NSF (USA) [IOS-1354358, DEB-1457463]
The study develops a quantitative genetic model to investigate male signaling traits mediating aggression in male-male contests. The findings suggest that an honest indicator of aggression can generate selection on itself by altering the social environment, leading to accelerated selection on the trait as it is elaborated, resulting in runaway evolution. The evolving source of selection provided by the social environment is identified as a fundamental unifying feature of runaway sexual selection.
Wondrously elaborate weapons and displays that appear to be counter to ecological optima are widespread features of male contests for mates across the animal kingdom. To understand how such diverse traits evolve, here we develop a quantitative genetic model of sexual selection for a male signaling trait that mediates aggression in male-male contests and show that an honest indicator of aggression can generate selection on itself by altering the social environment. This can cause selection to accelerate as the trait is elaborated, leading to runaway evolution. Thus, an evolving source of selection provided by the social environment is the fundamental unifying feature of runaway sexual selection driven by either male-male competition or female mate choice. However, a key difference is that runaway driven by male-male competition requires signal honesty. Our model identifies simple conditions that provide clear, testable predictions for empirical studies using standard quantitative genetic methods.
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