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Sociosexual environments can drive the evolution of plasticity in mating behavior *
Author(s) -
Cong Haosu,
Wang Zinan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1558-5646
pISSN - 0014-3820
DOI - 10.1111/evo.14134
Subject(s) - biology , mating , drosophila melanogaster , sexual behavior , evolutionary biology , experimental evolution , biological evolution , zoology , genetics , developmental psychology , gene , psychology
How do male mating behaviors evolve in response to a competitive social environment? Using an experimental evolution approach, Dore et al. demonstrated that sociosexual environments can lead to the evolution of novel plastic male mating behaviors in Drosophila melanogaster , with both mating latency and mating duration extended in male‐biased populations after exposure to male rivals.