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  Meiotic drive and evolution of female choice.

Reinhold, K., Engqvist, L., Misof, B., & Kurtz, J. (1999). Meiotic drive and evolution of female choice. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 266, 1341-1345.

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Reinhold, K., Author
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Kurtz, J.1, Author           
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1Department Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Society, ou_1445634              

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Free keywords: drive resistance; numeric simulation; population genetics; selfish genes; sexual selection
 Abstract: As a special version of the good-genes hypothesis, it was recently proposed that females could benefit from choosing drive-resistant males in a meiotic drive system. Here, we examine with a three-locus, six-allele population genetic model whether female choice for drive resistance can evolve. An allele leading to female preference for drive-resistant males was introduced at low frequency into a population polymorphic for meiotic drive and drive resistance. Our simulations show that female choice of drive-resistant males is disadvantageous when resistance is Y-linked. This disadvantage occurs because, at equilibrium, drive-resistant males have lower reproductive success than drive-susceptible males. Thus, female choice of drive-susceptible males can evolve when resistance is Y-linked. When resistance is autosomal, selection on female choice for drive resistance is less strong and depends on the frequency of choice: female preference of resistant males is favoured when choice is rare and disadvantageous when choice is frequent, leading to a stable equilibrium at a low frequency of the choice allele. Independent of the location of drive resistance alleles, males with the non-driving allele always have above average reproductive success. Female choice is therefore beneficial when choosy females prefer males with the non-driving allele.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 1999
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Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B
  Alternative Title : Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 266 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 1341 - 1345 Identifier: ISSN: 0962-8452