Data from: The evolution of post-pairing male mate choice
| Main Authors: | Lyu, Nan, Servedio, Maria R., Lloyd, Huw, Sun, Yue-Hua |
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| Format: | info dataset Journal |
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, 2017
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4957709 |
Daftar Isi:
- An increasing number of empirical studies in animals have demonstrated male mate choice. However, little is known about the evolution of post-pairing male choice, specifically that which occurs by differential allocation of male parental care in response to female signals. We use a population genetic model to examine whether such post-pairing male mate choice can evolve when males face a trade-off between parental care and extra-pair copulations (EPCs). Specifically, we assume that males allocate more effort to providing parental care when mated to preferred (signaling) females, but they are then unable to allocate additional effort to seek EPCs. We find that both male preference and female signaling can evolve in this situation, under certain conditions. First, this evolution requires a relatively large difference in parental investment between males mated to preferred versus non-preferred females. Second, whether male choice and female signaling alleles become fixed in a population versus cycle in their frequencies depends on the additional fecundity benefits from EPCs that are gained by choosy males. Third, less costly female signals enable both signaling and choice alleles to evolve under more relaxed conditions. Our results also provide a new insight into the evolution of sexual conflict over parental care.
- PMMC_eigenvaluesCalculating the equilibrium and the corresponding eigenvalues.PMMC_simulationsNumerical simulations.PMMC_constantCalculating the equilibrium and the corresponding eigenvalues when d_c1=d_c2=d, delta1=delta2=delta and theta is a constant.