Natural selection increases female fitness by reversing the exaggeration of a male sexually selected trait

Natural and sexual selection can be in opposition favouring different trait sizes, but disentangling these processes empirically is difficult. Here Okada et al. show that predation on males shifts the balance of selection in experimentally evolving beetle populations, disfavoring a sexually-selected...

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Main Authors:	Kensuke Okada, Masako Katsuki, Manmohan D. Sharma, Katsuya Kiyose, Tomokazu Seko, Yasukazu Okada, Alastair J. Wilson, David J. Hosken
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:	Nature Communications
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23804-7

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spelling	doaj-b7542201cb5e48e3993ff06ad44f4f492021-06-13T11:17:17ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232021-06-0112111010.1038/s41467-021-23804-7Natural selection increases female fitness by reversing the exaggeration of a male sexually selected traitKensuke Okada0Masako Katsuki1Manmohan D. Sharma2Katsuya Kiyose3Tomokazu Seko4Yasukazu Okada5Alastair J. Wilson6David J. Hosken7Graduate School of Environmental and Life ScienceDepartment of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, The University of TokyoCentre for Ecology & Conservation, University of ExeterGraduate School of Environmental and Life ScienceNational Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Central Region Agricultural Research CenterDepartment of Biological Sciences, School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityCentre for Ecology & Conservation, University of ExeterCentre for Ecology & Conservation, University of ExeterNatural and sexual selection can be in opposition favouring different trait sizes, but disentangling these processes empirically is difficult. Here Okada et al. show that predation on males shifts the balance of selection in experimentally evolving beetle populations, disfavoring a sexually-selected male trait but increasing female fitness.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23804-7
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author	Kensuke Okada Masako Katsuki Manmohan D. Sharma Katsuya Kiyose Tomokazu Seko Yasukazu Okada Alastair J. Wilson David J. Hosken
spellingShingle	Kensuke Okada Masako Katsuki Manmohan D. Sharma Katsuya Kiyose Tomokazu Seko Yasukazu Okada Alastair J. Wilson David J. Hosken Natural selection increases female fitness by reversing the exaggeration of a male sexually selected trait Nature Communications
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title	Natural selection increases female fitness by reversing the exaggeration of a male sexually selected trait
title_short	Natural selection increases female fitness by reversing the exaggeration of a male sexually selected trait
title_full	Natural selection increases female fitness by reversing the exaggeration of a male sexually selected trait
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title_full_unstemmed	Natural selection increases female fitness by reversing the exaggeration of a male sexually selected trait
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series	Nature Communications
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publishDate	2021-06-01
description	Natural and sexual selection can be in opposition favouring different trait sizes, but disentangling these processes empirically is difficult. Here Okada et al. show that predation on males shifts the balance of selection in experimentally evolving beetle populations, disfavoring a sexually-selected male trait but increasing female fitness.
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Natural selection increases female fitness by reversing the exaggeration of a male sexually selected trait

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