期刊
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
卷 18, 期 3, 页码 414-418出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00864.x
关键词
Akaike's information criterion (AIC); allometry; Scatophaga; sperm competition; sexual selection
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1. We quantitatively compare the fitness function linking male mating success in the field to body size and the allometric relationship linking testis length (estimating sperm production) to body size, both empirically derived, for the yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria (Diptera: Scathophagidae). 2. We find that both relationships are similarly non-linear (quadratic) and increasing. The most parsimonious interpretation of this congruence is that the evolution of testis size (and hence sperm numbers) evolutionarily 'tracks' the number of copulations a male of a given size can expect, resulting in the particular non-linear testis size-body size allometry evident. 3. We offer a general, two-tiered statistical approach for this kind of quantitative comparison.
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