期刊
JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY
卷 249, 期 3, 页码 624-632出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.08.023
关键词
sexual selection; sperm competition; male-biased mutation; male-driven evolution
资金
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM065169, R01 GM065169-02] Funding Source: Medline
A pattern of male-biased mutation has been found in a wide range of species. The standard explanation for this bias is that there are greater numbers of mitotic cell divisions in the history of the average sperm, compared to the average egg, and that mutations typically result from errors made during replication. However, this fails to provide an ultimate evolutionary explanation for why the male germline would tolerate more mutations that are typically deleterious. One possibility is that if there is a tradeoff between producing large numbers of sperm and expending energetic resources in maintaining a lower mutation rate, sperm competition would select for males that pro duce larger numbers of sperm despite a higher resulting mutation rate. Here I describe a model that jointly considers the fitness consequences of deleterious mutation and mating success in the face of sperm competition. I show that a moderate level of sperm competition can account for the observation that the male germline tolerates a higher mutation rate than the female germline. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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