Sexual selection protects against extinction

Populations of the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum with histories of strong versus weak sexual selection purge mutation load and resist extinction differently. Mutational load minimized by sexual selection Sexual reproduction is more costly than the asexual kind because the genetic contribution of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature (London) 2015-06, Vol.522 (7557), p.470-473
Hauptverfasser:	Lumley, Alyson J., Michalczyk, Łukasz, Kitson, James J. N., Spurgin, Lewis G., Morrison, Catriona A., Godwin, Joanne L., Dickinson, Matthew E., Martin, Oliver Y., Emerson, Brent C., Chapman, Tracey, Gage, Matthew J. G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	631/181/2470 Animal reproduction Animals Biological Evolution Biological research Evolution Extinction Extinction (Biology) Extinction, Biological Female Generations Genetic Fitness - genetics Genetic Fitness - physiology Genomes Humanities and Social Sciences Inbreeding letter Male Mating Preference, Animal - physiology multidisciplinary Mutation Natural selection Population Prevention Reproduction Reproduction - genetics Science Selection, Genetic - genetics Selection, Genetic - physiology Sexual behavior Tribolium - genetics Tribolium - physiology
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