The role of assortative mating among age-classes inDrosophila melanogaster: preliminary results |
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Authors: | P. Capy D. Lachaise |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratoire de Biologie et Génétique Evolutives, C.N.R.S., F-91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, (France) |
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Abstract: | Summary A series of experiments on age-related mating success and productivity provides evidence for assortative mating among three out of four age-classes inD. melanogaster. The preferred mating does not always result in the highest productivity. Three age classes of males contribute to reproduction while only females of the youngest age-class are involved. The progeny size is more affected by the age of the females than that of males. It is assumed that these findings must have important implications for generation overlap in natural populations. |
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Keywords: | Age-structured population age-related mating success assortative mating generation overlap Drosophila melanogaster |
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