The role of courtship song in female mate choice in South American Cactophilic Drosophila
Courtship songs have undergone a spectacular diversification in the Drosophila buzzatii cluster. Accordingly, it has been suggested that sexual selection has played a significant role in promoting rapid diversification, reproductive isolation and speciation. However, there is no direct evidence (i.e...
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paper:paper_19326203_v12_n5_p_Iglesias2023-06-08T16:30:40Z The role of courtship song in female mate choice in South American Cactophilic Drosophila Hasson, Esteban Ruben acoustics animal behavior animal experiment Article controlled study copulation courtship Drosophila Drosophila antonietae Drosophila borborema Drosophila buzzatii Drosophila koepferae Drosophila martensis Drosophila venezolana female geographic distribution male mate choice nonhuman species difference sympatry animal human physiology reproductive isolation sexual behavior vocalization Animals Drosophila Female Humans Male Reproductive Isolation Sexual Behavior, Animal Vocalization, Animal Courtship songs have undergone a spectacular diversification in the Drosophila buzzatii cluster. Accordingly, it has been suggested that sexual selection has played a significant role in promoting rapid diversification, reproductive isolation and speciation. However, there is no direct evidence (i.e., song playback experiments with wingless males) supporting this tenet. Moreover, several studies have showed that the courtship song in the genus Drosophila is not always used in female mate choice decisions, nor plays the same role when itis taken into account. In this vein, we use an approach that combines manipulative and playback experiments to explore the importance and the role of courtship song in female mate choice in four species of the D. buzzatii cluster and one species of the closely related D. martensis cluster for outgroup comparison. We also investigate the importance of courtship song in sexual isolation in sympatry between the only semi-cosmopolitan species, D. buzzatii, and the other species of the D. buzzatii cluster. Our study revealed that the courtship song is used by females of the D. buzzatii cluster as a criterion for male acceptance or influences the speed with which males are chosen. In contrast, we showed that this characteristic is not shared by D. venezolana, the representative species of the D. martensis cluster. We also found that the studied species of the D. buzzatii cluster differ in the role that conspecific and heterospecific songs have in female mate choice and in sexual isolation. Our findings support the hypothesis that divergence in female preferences for courtship songs has played a significant role in promoting rapid diversification and reproductive isolation in the D. buzzatii cluster. However, evidence from D. venezolana suggests that the use of the courtship song in female mate choice is not a conserved feature in the D. buzzatii complex. © 2017 Iglesias, Hasson. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Fil:Hasson, E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2017 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_19326203_v12_n5_p_Iglesias http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_19326203_v12_n5_p_Iglesias |
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acoustics animal behavior animal experiment Article controlled study copulation courtship Drosophila Drosophila antonietae Drosophila borborema Drosophila buzzatii Drosophila koepferae Drosophila martensis Drosophila venezolana female geographic distribution male mate choice nonhuman species difference sympatry animal human physiology reproductive isolation sexual behavior vocalization Animals Drosophila Female Humans Male Reproductive Isolation Sexual Behavior, Animal Vocalization, Animal |
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acoustics animal behavior animal experiment Article controlled study copulation courtship Drosophila Drosophila antonietae Drosophila borborema Drosophila buzzatii Drosophila koepferae Drosophila martensis Drosophila venezolana female geographic distribution male mate choice nonhuman species difference sympatry animal human physiology reproductive isolation sexual behavior vocalization Animals Drosophila Female Humans Male Reproductive Isolation Sexual Behavior, Animal Vocalization, Animal Hasson, Esteban Ruben The role of courtship song in female mate choice in South American Cactophilic Drosophila |
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acoustics animal behavior animal experiment Article controlled study copulation courtship Drosophila Drosophila antonietae Drosophila borborema Drosophila buzzatii Drosophila koepferae Drosophila martensis Drosophila venezolana female geographic distribution male mate choice nonhuman species difference sympatry animal human physiology reproductive isolation sexual behavior vocalization Animals Drosophila Female Humans Male Reproductive Isolation Sexual Behavior, Animal Vocalization, Animal |
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Courtship songs have undergone a spectacular diversification in the Drosophila buzzatii cluster. Accordingly, it has been suggested that sexual selection has played a significant role in promoting rapid diversification, reproductive isolation and speciation. However, there is no direct evidence (i.e., song playback experiments with wingless males) supporting this tenet. Moreover, several studies have showed that the courtship song in the genus Drosophila is not always used in female mate choice decisions, nor plays the same role when itis taken into account. In this vein, we use an approach that combines manipulative and playback experiments to explore the importance and the role of courtship song in female mate choice in four species of the D. buzzatii cluster and one species of the closely related D. martensis cluster for outgroup comparison. We also investigate the importance of courtship song in sexual isolation in sympatry between the only semi-cosmopolitan species, D. buzzatii, and the other species of the D. buzzatii cluster. Our study revealed that the courtship song is used by females of the D. buzzatii cluster as a criterion for male acceptance or influences the speed with which males are chosen. In contrast, we showed that this characteristic is not shared by D. venezolana, the representative species of the D. martensis cluster. We also found that the studied species of the D. buzzatii cluster differ in the role that conspecific and heterospecific songs have in female mate choice and in sexual isolation. Our findings support the hypothesis that divergence in female preferences for courtship songs has played a significant role in promoting rapid diversification and reproductive isolation in the D. buzzatii cluster. However, evidence from D. venezolana suggests that the use of the courtship song in female mate choice is not a conserved feature in the D. buzzatii complex. © 2017 Iglesias, Hasson. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
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Hasson, Esteban Ruben |
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Hasson, Esteban Ruben |
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The role of courtship song in female mate choice in South American Cactophilic Drosophila |
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The role of courtship song in female mate choice in South American Cactophilic Drosophila |
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The role of courtship song in female mate choice in South American Cactophilic Drosophila |
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The role of courtship song in female mate choice in South American Cactophilic Drosophila |
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The role of courtship song in female mate choice in South American Cactophilic Drosophila |
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role of courtship song in female mate choice in south american cactophilic drosophila |
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2017 |
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