TY  - JOUR
AB  - As a special version of the good-genes hypothesis, it was recently proposed that females could benefit from choosing drive-resistant males in a meiotic drive system. Here, we examine with a three-locus, six-allele population genetic model whether female choice for drive resistance can evolve. An allele leading to female preference for drive-resistant males was introduced at low frequency into a population polymorphic for meiotic drive and drive resistance. Our simulations show that female choice of drive-resistant males is disadvantageous when resistance is Y-linked. This disadvantage occurs because, at equilibrium, drive-resistant males have lower reproductive success than drive-susceptible males. Thus, female choice of drive-susceptible males can evolve when resistance is Y-linked. When resistance is autosomal, selection on female choice for drive resistance is less strong and depends on the frequency of choice: female preference of resistant males is favoured when choice is rare and disadvantageous when choice is frequent, leading to a stable equilibrium at a low frequency of the choice allele. Independent of the location of drive resistance alleles, males with the non-driving allele always have above average reproductive success. Female choice is therefore beneficial when choosy females prefer males with the non- driving allele.
DA  - 1999
DO  - 10.1098/rspb.1999.0785
KW  - populations
KW  - selection
KW  - t-complex
KW  - sexual selection
KW  - drosophila- pseudoobscura
KW  - sex-ratio polymorphism
KW  - Stalk-eyed flies
KW  - mating preferences
KW  - house mice
KW  - numeric simulation
KW  - population genetics
KW  - selfish genes
KW  - fitness
KW  - trait
KW  - drive resistance
LA  - eng
IS  - 1426
M2  - 1341
PY  - 1999
SN  - 0962-8452
SP  - 1341-1345
T2  - Proceedings of the Royal Society B
TI  - Meiotic drive and evolution of female choice
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-23957705
Y2  - 2024-11-22T04:30:35
ER  -