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No Evidence for Reproductive Isolation through Sexual Conflict in the Bulb Mite Rhizoglyphus robini
Sexual conflict leading to sexual antagonistic coevolution has been hypothesized to drive reproductive isolation in allopatric populations and hence lead to speciation. However, the generality of this speciation mechanism is under debate. We used experimental evolution in the bulb mite Rhizoglyphusr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777893/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24069369 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074971 |
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author | Plesnar-Bielak, Agata Skrzynecka, Anna M. Prokop, Zofia M. Kolasa, Michał Działo, Maciej Radwan, Jacek |
author_facet | Plesnar-Bielak, Agata Skrzynecka, Anna M. Prokop, Zofia M. Kolasa, Michał Działo, Maciej Radwan, Jacek |
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description | Sexual conflict leading to sexual antagonistic coevolution has been hypothesized to drive reproductive isolation in allopatric populations and hence lead to speciation. However, the generality of this speciation mechanism is under debate. We used experimental evolution in the bulb mite Rhizoglyphusrobini to investigate whether sexual conflict promotes reproductive isolation measured comprehensively to include all possible pre- and post-zygotic mechanisms. We established replicate populations in which we either enforced monogamy, and hence removed sexual conflict by making male and female evolutionary interests congruent, or allowed promiscuity. After 35 and 45 generations of experimental evolution, we found no evidence of reproductive isolation between the populations in any of the mating systems. Our results indicate that sexual conflict does not necessarily drive fast reproductive isolation and it may not be a ubiquitous mechanism leading to speciation. |
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spelling | pubmed-37778932013-09-25 No Evidence for Reproductive Isolation through Sexual Conflict in the Bulb Mite Rhizoglyphus robini Plesnar-Bielak, Agata Skrzynecka, Anna M. Prokop, Zofia M. Kolasa, Michał Działo, Maciej Radwan, Jacek PLoS One Research Article Sexual conflict leading to sexual antagonistic coevolution has been hypothesized to drive reproductive isolation in allopatric populations and hence lead to speciation. However, the generality of this speciation mechanism is under debate. We used experimental evolution in the bulb mite Rhizoglyphusrobini to investigate whether sexual conflict promotes reproductive isolation measured comprehensively to include all possible pre- and post-zygotic mechanisms. We established replicate populations in which we either enforced monogamy, and hence removed sexual conflict by making male and female evolutionary interests congruent, or allowed promiscuity. After 35 and 45 generations of experimental evolution, we found no evidence of reproductive isolation between the populations in any of the mating systems. Our results indicate that sexual conflict does not necessarily drive fast reproductive isolation and it may not be a ubiquitous mechanism leading to speciation. Public Library of Science 2013-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3777893/ /pubmed/24069369 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074971 Text en © 2013 Plesnar-Bielak et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Plesnar-Bielak, Agata Skrzynecka, Anna M. Prokop, Zofia M. Kolasa, Michał Działo, Maciej Radwan, Jacek No Evidence for Reproductive Isolation through Sexual Conflict in the Bulb Mite Rhizoglyphus robini |
title | No Evidence for Reproductive Isolation through Sexual Conflict in the Bulb Mite Rhizoglyphus robini
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title_full | No Evidence for Reproductive Isolation through Sexual Conflict in the Bulb Mite Rhizoglyphus robini
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title_fullStr | No Evidence for Reproductive Isolation through Sexual Conflict in the Bulb Mite Rhizoglyphus robini
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title_full_unstemmed | No Evidence for Reproductive Isolation through Sexual Conflict in the Bulb Mite Rhizoglyphus robini
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title_short | No Evidence for Reproductive Isolation through Sexual Conflict in the Bulb Mite Rhizoglyphus robini
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title_sort | no evidence for reproductive isolation through sexual conflict in the bulb mite rhizoglyphus robini |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777893/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24069369 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074971 |
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