Why is measuring and predicting fitness under genomic conflict so hard?
Abbott, Jessica K. LU
; Lund-Hansen, Katrine K.
LU
and Olito, Colin
LU
(2023)
In Current Opinion in Genetics and Development
81.
- Abstract
The genomic conflict between the sexes is caused by differences in the optimal male and female reproductive strategies, and is a major contributor to genetic, phenotypic, and life history variation. While early experimental work appeared to strongly support predictions from sexual conflict, recent work has produced more ambiguous results. Recent advances in experimental evolution studies combined with theoretical arguments can shed light on why measuring fitness under a conflict is so challenging, including the incidental alteration of mating dynamics, demographic effects, and inherent complexity in what quantity selection maximizes. We stress that non-intuitive results do not necessarily mean the absence of conflict, and follow-up... (More)
The genomic conflict between the sexes is caused by differences in the optimal male and female reproductive strategies, and is a major contributor to genetic, phenotypic, and life history variation. While early experimental work appeared to strongly support predictions from sexual conflict, recent work has produced more ambiguous results. Recent advances in experimental evolution studies combined with theoretical arguments can shed light on why measuring fitness under a conflict is so challenging, including the incidental alteration of mating dynamics, demographic effects, and inherent complexity in what quantity selection maximizes. We stress that non-intuitive results do not necessarily mean the absence of conflict, and follow-up experiments to determine why a priori predictions failed can ultimately teach us more than if they had been confirmed.
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- author
- Abbott, Jessica K.
LU
; Lund-Hansen, Katrine K.
LU
and Olito, Colin
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023
- type
- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- Current Opinion in Genetics and Development
- volume
- 81
- article number
- 102070
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- pmid:37369170
- scopus:85163320056
- ISSN
- 0959-437X
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.gde.2023.102070
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- English
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- yes
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