| Author | Menezes, Bianca F. | |
| Author | Vigoder, Felipe M. | |
| Author | Peixoto, Alexandre A. | |
| Author | Varaldi, Julien | |
| Author | Bitner-Mathé, Blanche C. | |
| Access date | 2016-01-05T14:42:49Z | |
| Available date | 2016-01-05T14:42:49Z | |
| Document date | 2013 | |
| Citation | MENEZES, Bianca F. et al. The influence of male wing shape on mating success in Drosophila melanogaster. Animal Behaviour, v.85, n.6, p.1217-1223, June 2013. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 0003-3472 | |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/12475 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | Elsevier | pt_BR |
| Rights | restricted access | |
| Title | The influence of male wing shape on mating success in Drosophila melanogaster | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.008 | |
| Abstract | Drosophila melanogaster males court females through a series of steps. In one of these steps, the male vibrates his wings to produce a courtship song that is species specific. Variation in the shape of Drosophila wings has been described among populations and species, but it is still unknown whether this variation influences the courtship process. In our laboratory, replicate strains were obtained from a natural population of D. melanogaster by artificial selection for rounded or elongated wing shapes. We used those strains and a nonselected strain to test the influence of wing shape on male mating success. We observed significantly higher success by males from strains with elongated wings when competing with those with rounded or nonselected wings, regardless of the female type. In addition, smaller males were more successful. We also recorded the courtship songs produced by males of different wing shape strains. We detected some variation among the courtship song produced by males depending on the original strain. However, this difference did not fully explain the success of males with elongated wings. Our results therefore show that wing shape has to be considered as influencing male mating success in Drosophila. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia. Departamento de Genética. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Université Lyon 1. CNRS. Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive. Villeurbanne, France. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia. Departamento de Genética. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Body size | pt_BR |
| Subject | Courtship behaviour | pt_BR |
| Subject | Courtship song | pt_BR |
| Subject | Drosophila melanogaster | pt_BR |
| Subject | Fruit fly | pt_BR |
| Subject | Mate choice | pt_BR |
| Subject | Selection | pt_BR |
| Subject | Wing morphology | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Drosophila melanogaster | pt_BR |
| DeCS | Tamanho Corporal | pt_BR |
