JOURNAL ARTICLE

Quantifying the phenome-wide response to sex-specific selection in Drosophila melanogaster.

  • Published In: Evolution, 2025, v. 79, n. 5. P. 765 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Keaney, Thomas A; Holman, Luke 3 of 3

Abstract

The article focuses on the evolutionary dynamics of sexually antagonistic selection in Drosophila melanogaster, utilizing a sex-specific form of Robertson's Secondary Theorem of Natural Selection to analyze the expected responses to selection across various traits. The study finds that selection on males generally produces a stronger evolutionary response than selection on females, with 56.1% of the total selection response predicted to occur through selection on males for organismal-level traits. Additionally, while most traits exhibit concordant responses to selection across sexes, some traits show evidence of intralocus sexual conflict, where selection on one sex leads to maladaptive changes in the other. The findings suggest that stronger selection on males may enhance adaptation in females, highlighting the complex interplay of sexual selection and evolutionary change. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Evolution. 2025/05, Vol. 79, Issue 5, p765
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Health and Medicine
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0014-3820
  • DOI:10.1093/evolut/qpaf024
  • Accession Number:185321711
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