scholarly journals Male and Female Mate-Choice Decisions by Evarcha culicivora, An East African Jumping Spider

Ethology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 113 (9) ◽  
pp. 901-908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona R. Cross ◽  
Robert R. Jackson ◽  
Simon D. Pollard
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Female Mate Choice ◽  
East African ◽  
Jumping Spider ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Mate ◽  
Evarcha Culicivora

scholarly journals Coevolution of male and female mate choice can destabilize reproductive isolation

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Aubier ◽  
Hanna Kokko ◽  
Mathieu Joron
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Reproductive Isolation ◽  
Female Mate Choice ◽  
Male Mate Choice ◽  
Premating Isolation ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Mate ◽  
Female Preferences ◽  
Mutual Mate Choice ◽  
Male Mate

Abstract Sexual interactions play an important role in the evolution of reproductive isolation, with important consequences for speciation. Theoretical studies have focused on the evolution of mate preferences in each sex separately. However, mounting empirical evidence suggests that premating isolation often involves mutual mate choice. Here, using a population genetic model, we investigate how female and male mate choice coevolve under a phenotype matching rule and how this affects reproductive isolation. We show that the evolution of female preferences increases the mating success of males with reciprocal preferences, favouring mutual mate choice. However, the evolution of male preferences weakens indirect selection on female preferences and, with weak genetic drift, the coevolution of female and male mate choice leads to periodic episodes of random mating with increased hybridization (deterministic ‘preference cycling’ triggered by stochasticity). Thus, counterintuitively, the process of establishing premating isolation proves rather fragile if both male and female mate choice contribute to assortative mating.

scholarly journals Coevolution of male and female mate choice can destabilize reproductive isolation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Aubier ◽  
Hanna Kokko ◽  
Mathieu Joron
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Reproductive Isolation ◽  
Female Mate Choice ◽  
Male Mate Choice ◽  
Premating Isolation ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Mate ◽  
Female Preferences ◽  
Mutual Mate Choice ◽  
Male Mate

AbstractSexual interactions play an important role in the evolution of reproductive isolation, with important consequences for speciation. Theoretical studies have focused on the evolution of mate preferences in each sex separately. However, mounting empirical evidence suggests that premating isolation often involves mutual mate choice. Here, using a population genetic model, we investigate how female and male mate choice coevolve under a phenotype matching rule and how this affects reproductive isolation. We show that the evolution of female preferences increases the mating success of males with reciprocal preferences, favouring mutual mate choice. However, the evolution of male preferences weakens indirect selection on female preferences and, with weak genetic drift, the coevolution of female and male mate choice leads to periodic episodes of random mating with increased hybridization (deterministic ‘preference cycling’ triggered by stochasticity). Thus, counterintuitively, the process of establishing premating isolation proves rather fragile if both male and female mate choice contribute to assortative mating.

Male and Female Mate Choice in Harvestmen: General Patterns and Inferences on the Underlying Processes

2015 ◽  
pp. 169-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glauco Machado ◽  
Gustavo S. Requena ◽  
Carlos Toscano-Gadea ◽  
Estefanía Stanley ◽  
Rogelio Macías-Ordóñez
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Female Mate Choice ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Mate ◽  
Underlying Processes

scholarly journals An Experimental Test of Condition-Dependent Male and Female Mate Choice in Zebra Finches

PLoS ONE ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e23974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Jeanne Holveck ◽  
Nicole Geberzahn ◽  
Katharina Riebel
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Experimental Test ◽  
Female Mate Choice ◽  
Zebra Finches ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Mate
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