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The genetic basis of variation in sexual aggression: Evolution versus social plasticity

Abstract

Male sexual aggression towards females is a form of sexual conflict that can result in increased fitness for males through forced copulations (FCs) or coercive matings at the cost of female lifetime fitness. We used male fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) as a model system to uncover the genomic contributions to variation in FC, both due to standing variation in a wild population, and due to plastic changes associated with variation in …

Authors

Scott AM; Yan JL; Baxter CM; Dworkin I; Dukas R

Journal

Molecular Ecology, Vol. 31, No. 10, pp. 2865–2881

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

May 2022

DOI

10.1111/mec.16437

ISSN

0962-1083