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Index A C Acp36DE, 55 Caenorhabditis elegans, 186–187, 191, 292 Aedes aegypti, 56–57, 166, 168–169, 317 Caenorhabditis remanei, 103 Aging Callosobruchus, 87–88, 94, 107, 120–122, 396 evolution of longevity and aging Callosobruchus maculata, 362, 386 sex-specific selection, 104–105 Cannibalism, sexual potential for sexual conflict over longevity and female counterstrategies in monogynous or aging, 105 bigynous mating systems, 376–379 evidence, 105–106 male mating strategies in monogynous or bigynous susceptible systems, 107 mating systems, 373–375 prospects for study, 109–111 overview, 368–370 interlocus sexual conflict effects paternal investment, 379 environmentally mediated changes in degree prospects for study, 379–380 of sexual conflict, 103 responses to threat, 371–373 evolutionary consequences, 103 Cardinium, 312–313, 316 proximate effects, 101–103 Ceratitis capitata,57 sexual dimorphism, 106 Cetorhinus maximus, 388 variation effects on sexual conflict, 107–109 Cheilomenes sexmaculata, 320 Akodon azarae, 167 Chromodoris reticulata, 279 Anopheles gambiae, 185–186, 191 CI. See Cytoplasmic incompatibility Antichiropus variabilis, 388 CMS. See Cytoplasmic male sterility Antimicrobial peptides. See Seminal fluid Coevolution. See Genital coevolution; Seminal fluid proteins proteins; Sexual antagonism; Sexually Apis mellifera, 292–293 antagonistic traits Apoanagyrus diversicornis, 318 Copulatory plug, 333–334 Aquarius,93 Copulatory wounding (CW). See also Traumatic Argiopelobata, 375, 377–379 insemination Armidillidium vulgare, 311–312, 320 bleeding prevention, 124 Arsenophonus nasoniae, 314 case studies Arygoneta aquatica, 370 Drosophila, 118–119 Asobara japonica, 318 Siphopteron, 118, 120 Asobara tabida, 312 bed bug, 120–121 Callosobruchus, 120–122 evolutionary consequences B costs of mating, 126–129 Bathyergus suillus, 389 reproductive isolation Bean weevil. See Callosobruchus barrier against hybridization between species, Bed bug 131 copulatory wounding, 120–121 major evolutionary trends, 131–132 genital coevolution, 387 wounding as an isolating factor, 131 Birds. See Extrapair paternity; Genital coevolution; sexual conflict and selection Parental care, sexual conflict; Sex-biased accidental sperm and seminal fluids, 126 gene expression sexually transmitted diseases in wound Blarina brevicauda, 389 infliction, 126 Bombyx mori, 182, 186, 19 traumatic penetration from accidental Brevipalpus phoenicis, 312 copulatory wounding, 125–126 Bryobia, 313 variations in incidence, 129–131 407 © 2014 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. All rights reserved. This is a free sample of content from The Genetics and Biology of Sexual Conflict. Click here for more information on how to buy the book. Index Copulatory wounding (CW) (Continued) EPY. See Extra-pair young hermaphrodites, 123 ESD. See Environmental sex determination humans ESS. See Evolutionarily stable strategy epidemiology of genital wounds, 132 Eurema hecabe, 312 male injuries, 132 Evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS), 3, 9, 15 physiology, 132 Extrapair paternity (EPP), birds rape and nonconsensual sex, 132–133 benefits, 146–147 immune response, 124 conflicts of interest, 141–144 infection prevention, 124 costs, 147 life-history consequences, 124–125 episodes of conflict, 147–148 males, 123 history of study, 141–143 mechanical origins mating pattern variation as sexual conflict driver, extragenital wounding, 122–123 148–150 intragenital wounding, 122 prospects for study, 150–151 overview, 115–116 Extra-pair young (EPY), 250 phylogenetic distribution of traumatic mating, 117 physiological costs, 123–124 prospects for study, 133–135 F self-infliction, 123 Feeding, seminal fluid protein studies, 56–57 terminology, 116 Female resistance. See Sexually antagonistic traits types, 116 Female-targeted sperm release, evolution, 14–18 Cordylochernes scorpoides, 313 Feminization, reproductive parasitism, 311–312 Coridromius bulbopella, 87, 93 FEPC. See Forced extrapair copulation Cornu aspersum, 281 Fiddler crab, genital coevolution, 386 Cryptodiopsis dalmani, 173 Forced extrapair copulation (FEPC), 395 Culex pipiens, 166, 168–169 Franklinothrips vespiformis, 313 CW. See Copulatory wounding Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), 316–317, 321–322 Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS), 314–315, 319 G Gallus gallus, 108, 183–184 Gambusia, 388, 392 D Gamete competition theory, 8 Danio rerio, 182–183 Gamete limitation theory, 8 Daphnia pulex, 187 Gamete size, dimorphism evolution, 7–10 Darwin–Bateman paradigm (DBP), 2, 13, 19 Gammarus duebeni, 312, 318, 320 DBP. See Darwin–Bateman paradigm Genetic sex determination (GSD) Dermestes maculatus, 108 evolution patterns in sex-determination cascades Deroceras, 281 neutral evolution, 293–295 Dicrostonyx torquatus, 167 overview, 292–293 Diptera, 173 genetic and developmental architecture, 302–304 Drosophila. See Copulatory wounding; Genital selection sources on novel sex-determining genes coevolution; Reproductive parasitism; direct selection Seminal fluid proteins; Sex-biased gene pleiotropic benefits, 296–297 expression; Sex chromosome drive; Sex sex-ratio selection, 295–296 chromosomes; Speciation indirect selection Dytiscus latissmus, 87, 94 deleterious mutations on heterogametic sex chromosome, 301–302 intralocus sexual conflict, 298–301 E Genital coevolution Echinotheridion, 374 examples, evidence, and mechanisms Egg production, seminal fluid protein studies, 55–56 birds, 400 Elymus virginicus, 315 fish, 399 Environmental sex determination (ESD), transition to insects, 398 genetic sex determination, 295–297 mammals, 401 Ephestia cautella, 320 snakes, 399–400 EPP. See Extrapair paternity spiders, 398–399 408 © 2014 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. All rights reserved. This is a free sample of content from The Genetics and Biology of Sexual Conflict. Click here for more information on how to buy the book. Index table, 386–389 fraternal birth order effect, 234 female mate choice role, 393–394 genetic model limitations, 235–237 mechanism distinction, 396–398 heritability estimates, 234–235 natural selection pedigree asymmetries, 233–234 lock-and-key mechanism to prevent population genetic models hybridization, 392–393 candidate mechanisms for balancing selection mechanical feasibility of copulation, 391–392 in males, 237 overview, 385, 390–391 female candidate selection mechanisms, prospects for study, 401–402 239–240 sexually antagonistic coevolution, 394–396 male genetic models, 237–239 Genomic conflict. See Sexually antagonistic zygotic drive prevalence and features, 231–232 Gerris, 87, 92–93, 387, 395 prospects for study, 240–241 Gerris gillettei, 362 stability over time, 231 Glossina pallidipes, 387, 394 twin studies, 234–235 Gonad expenditure, 18 Horse Gonado-somatic index (GSI), 10–13 genital coevolution, 389 Graphoderus zonatus verrucifer,94 infanticide, 205, 212 Gryllodes sigillatus,90 HP1, 169 Gryllodes sigillatus, 106 Hypolimnas bolina, 309, 318, 320 GSD. See Genetic sex determination GSI. See Gonado-somatic index I Igf2r, parental conflict, 39–40 H Infanticide Hemachromatosis protein (HFE), 39 female counterstrategies Hermaphrodites individual counterstrategies, 211–213 copulatory wounding, 123 sexual and reproductive counterstrategies, fitness routes, 268 208–211 gonochorist sexual conflict comparison, 268–270 social counterstrategies, 213–218 interlocus sexual conflict male strategies overview, 267–269 adaptive and nonadaptive hypotheses, sequential hermaphrodites, 271–273 202–208 intralocus sexual conflict sexual selection hypothesis, 200–202 sequential hermaphrodites, 270–271 overview, 199–200 simultaneous hermaphrodites, 273–274 prospects for study, 218–219 overview of sexual conflict, 266–268 Interlocus sexual conflict postmating conflicts definition, 267 overview, 279 hermaphrodites sperm donor interests, 279–281 overview, 267–269 sperm recipient interests, 281–282 sequential hermaphrodites, 271–273 premating conflicts longevity effects overview, 274–275 environmentally mediated changes in degree resolution routes, 277–279 of sexual conflict, 103 sex-role preferences, 275–277 evidence, 105–106 reproductive parasitism in plants, 314–316 evolutionary consequences, 103 sequential hermaphrodite features, 270 potential for sexual conflict over longevity simultaneous hermaphrodite features, 273 and aging, 105 HFE. See Hemachromatosis protein prospects for study, 109–111 HIRA, 161 proximate effects, 101–103 Homonamagna, 317 sex-specific selection, 104–105 Homosexuality, human susceptible systems, 107 evolutionary investigations, 229–231 speciation role, 357–361 family clustering, 232 Intralocus sexual conflict fecundity definition, 267 females, 232–233 genetic sex determination evolution, 298–301 males, 232 hermaphrodites 409 © 2014 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. All rights reserved. This is a free sample of content from The Genetics and Biology of Sexual Conflict. Click here for more information on how to buy the book. Index Intralocus sexual conflict (Continued) Micaria sociabilis, 370 sequential hermaphrodites, 270–271 Microbiome–Mother’s Curse paradox. See Mother’s simultaneous hermaphrodites, 273–274 Curse sex chromosome change, 343–344 MicroRNA, sex-biased gene expression role, 189, 192 speciation role, 356–358 Microspora, 312 Microtus oregoni, 173 Mitochondria. See Mother’s Curse K Mollusks, genital coevolution, 386 Kentish plover. See Parental care, sexual conflict Mother’s Curse (MC) competitive coexistence of symbionts
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