Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: ) beetles showing correlated evolution of male and female genital parts, only a few major quantitative trait loci (QTLs) determine differences in genital dimensions between sister species, and sequence divergence is pronounced in the genomic regions containing genital QTLs. The major QTLs for male and female genital dimensions reside in different locations within the same linkage group, implying that coevolution between the sexes is only loosely constrained and can respond to sexually antagonistic selection. The same genomic regions containing the major QTLs show elevated divergence between three pairs of parapatric species with marked differences in genital parts. Our study demonstrates that species diversification can follow coevolution of genitalia between the sexes, even without tight linkage of loci affecting male and female genital dimensions.
Source: Science Advances
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $4,500
Awards: Speciation by genital evolution: sexual selection and genes producing species differences, G4282471571, G5161099755, G6051624562, G6291636036, Ecogenomics studies for the genetic basis of adaptive speciation, How species diversity is determined?: eco-genomics for the evolutionary community ecology of a predator-prey system, Speciation by mechanical reproductive isolation: Causes and consequences of genital diversification, G8920455192
OpenAlex ID: W2954686271