Intra-and intersexual differences in parasite resistance and female fitness tolerance in a polymorphic insect
Willink Castro, Beatriz LU and Svensson, Erik I. LU
(2017)
In Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
284(1847).
- Abstract
To understand host–parasite interactions, it is necessary to quantify variation and covariation in defence traits. We quantified parasite resistance and fitness tolerance of a polymorphic damselfly (Ischnura elegans), an insectwith three discrete female colour morphs but with monomorphic males. We quantified sex and morph differences in parasite resistance (prevalence and intensity of water mite infections) and morph-specific fitness tolerance in the females in natural populations for over a decade. Therewas no evidence for higher parasite susceptibility in males as a cost of sexual selection, whereas differences in defence mechanisms between female morphs are consistent with correlational selection operating on combinations of parasite... (More)
To understand host–parasite interactions, it is necessary to quantify variation and covariation in defence traits. We quantified parasite resistance and fitness tolerance of a polymorphic damselfly (Ischnura elegans), an insectwith three discrete female colour morphs but with monomorphic males. We quantified sex and morph differences in parasite resistance (prevalence and intensity of water mite infections) and morph-specific fitness tolerance in the females in natural populations for over a decade. Therewas no evidence for higher parasite susceptibility in males as a cost of sexual selection, whereas differences in defence mechanisms between female morphs are consistent with correlational selection operating on combinations of parasite resistance and tolerance. We suggest that tolerance differences between female morphs interact with frequency-dependent sexual conflict, which maintains the polymorphism locally. Host–parasite interactions can therefore shape intra-and intersexual phenotypic divergence and interfere with sexual selection and sexual conflict.
(Less)
- author
- Willink Castro, Beatriz
LU
and Svensson, Erik I.
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-01-25
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Frequency-dependence, Parasites, Polymorphism, Resistance, Sexual conflict, Tolerance
- in
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- volume
- 284
- issue
- 1847
- article number
- 20162407
- publisher
- Royal Society Publishing
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85011081858
- pmid:28123090
- wos:000393414300007
- ISSN
- 0962-8452
- DOI
- 10.1098/rspb.2016.2407
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 44cd362b-1570-442c-b05d-5a32b89157fa
- date added to LUP
- 2017-02-14 14:03:54
- date last changed
- 2024-04-14 04:18:34
@article{44cd362b-1570-442c-b05d-5a32b89157fa,
abstract = {{<p>To understand host–parasite interactions, it is necessary to quantify variation and covariation in defence traits. We quantified parasite resistance and fitness tolerance of a polymorphic damselfly (Ischnura elegans), an insectwith three discrete female colour morphs but with monomorphic males. We quantified sex and morph differences in parasite resistance (prevalence and intensity of water mite infections) and morph-specific fitness tolerance in the females in natural populations for over a decade. Therewas no evidence for higher parasite susceptibility in males as a cost of sexual selection, whereas differences in defence mechanisms between female morphs are consistent with correlational selection operating on combinations of parasite resistance and tolerance. We suggest that tolerance differences between female morphs interact with frequency-dependent sexual conflict, which maintains the polymorphism locally. Host–parasite interactions can therefore shape intra-and intersexual phenotypic divergence and interfere with sexual selection and sexual conflict.</p>}},
author = {{Willink Castro, Beatriz and Svensson, Erik I.}},
issn = {{0962-8452}},
keywords = {{Frequency-dependence; Parasites; Polymorphism; Resistance; Sexual conflict; Tolerance}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{01}},
number = {{1847}},
publisher = {{Royal Society Publishing}},
series = {{Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences}},
title = {{Intra-and intersexual differences in parasite resistance and female fitness tolerance in a polymorphic insect}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2407}},
doi = {{10.1098/rspb.2016.2407}},
volume = {{284}},
year = {{2017}},
}