Sexual Conflict

Göran Arnqvist, Locke Rowe

Princeton University Press, Jul 25, 2005 - Science - 330 pages

The past decade has seen a profound change in the scientific understanding of reproduction. The traditional view of reproduction as a joint venture undertaken by two individuals, aimed at replicating their common genome, is being challenged by a growing body of evidence showing that the evolutionary interests of interacting males and females diverge. This book demonstrates that, despite a shared genome, conflicts between interacting males and females are ubiquitous, and that selection in the two sexes is continuously pulling this genome in opposite directions. These conflicts drive the evolution of a great variety of those traits that distinguish the sexes and also contribute to the diversification of lineages. Göran Arnqvist and Locke Rowe present an array of evidence for sexual conflict throughout nature, and they set these conflicts into the well-established theoretical framework of sexual selection.


The recognition of conflict between the sexes is transforming our theories for the evolution of mating systems and the sexes themselves. Written by two top researchers in the field, Sexual Conflict is the first book to describe this transformation. It is a must read for all scholars and students interested in the evolutionary biology of reproduction.

Contents

• Sexual Conflict in Nature: 1
• 11 Evolving Views of Sex and Reproduction: 2
• 12 Sexually Antagonistic Selection and Sexual Conflict: 6
• 121 Intralocus Sexual Conflict: 7
• 122 Interlocus Sexual Conflict: 10
• 13 Aims and Scope: 11
• Sexual Selection and Sexual Conflict History Theory and Empirical Avenues: 14
• 22 The Fisher Process: 18
• 23 Indicator or Good Genes Mechanisms: 22
• 24 The Male Trait: 25
• 25 Direct Benefits: 26
• 26 Preexisting Biases and the Origin of the Preference: 27
• 27 Sexual Conflict: 29
• 271 Parkers Initial Models of Sexual Conflict: 30
• 272 Genetic Models: 31
• 273 PhenotypeDependent and PhenotypeIndependent Costs: 34
• 274 Nonequilibrium Models: 35
• 29 The Roles of the Sexes in Sexual Conflict: 38
• 210 Empirical Approaches to the Study of Sexual Conflict: 40
• Sexual Conflict Prior to Mating: 44
• 31 The Economy of Mating and the Evolution of Resistance: 45
• 312 Costs of Low Mate Quality: 46
• 313 Costs of Resisting Mating: 47
• 314 Costs to Females as a Side Effect of MaleMale Competition: 48
• 315 Sexual Conflict and the Evolution of Sexual Cannibalism by Females: 50
• 316 Sexual Conflict and the Evolution of Infanticide by Males: 53
• 32 Adaptations for Persistence and Resistance: 55
• 321 Harassment and Resistance: 57
• 322 Grasping Traits: 60
• 323 Antigrasping Traits and Other Forms of Resistance: 68
• 324 Exploitation of Sensory Biases: 71
• 325 Conveniene Polyandry: 77
• 33 Sexual Conflict and Sexual Selection: 78
• 34 Mate Screening and Other Alternative Explanations for Resistance Traits: 80
• 35 Case Studies in Sexually Antagonistic Coevolution: 83
• 352 Water Striders: 84
• 353 Bedbugs: 87
• Sexual Conflict after Mating: 92
• 41 Female Reproductive Effort and the Conflicting Interests of the Sexes: 96
• 411 Seminal Substances with Gonadotropic Effects: 97
• 412 Nuptial Feeding: 102
• 413 Male Display Traits: 103
• 42 Female Mating Behavior Sperm Competition and the Conflicting Interests of the Sexes: 106
• 421 Male Defensive Adaptations and Sexual Conflict: 107
• 4211 Costs of Delaying Remating in Females: 111
• 4212 Female Costs as Side Effects: 116
• 4213 Female Costs as a Direct Target of Male Strategies: 118
• 422 Male Offensive Adaptations and Sexual Conflict: 121
• 4223 Indirect Costs and Deleterious Matings: 128
• 4224 Conflicts over Cryptic Female Choice: 129
• 43 Conflicts over the Duration of Mating: 132
• 431 Male and Female Adaptations: 135
• 44 Postmating Conflicts and MaleFemale Coevolution: 139
• Nuptial Gifts or Medea Gifts?: 140
• 46 Are Male Postmating Adaptations Costly to Females?: 146
• Sexually Antagonistic Coevolution in Fruit Flies: 149
• Parental Care and Sexual Conflict: 156
• 52 Mate Desertion: 158
• 522 Never Trust a Penduline Tit: 160
• 53 Partial Mate Desertion and Sexual Conflict over the Mating System in Biparental Species: 164
• 54 Sexual Conflict over the Relative Amount of Care in Biparental Monogamous Species: 170
• Family Life in Cambridge University Botanic Garden: 174
• Other Implications of Sexual Conflict: 179
• 62 Sexual Conflict Sex Ratios and Sex Allocation: 183
• Sexual Conflict within Hermaphrodites: 185
• 631 Premating Conflict in Hermaphrodites: 187
• 632 Postmating Conflict in Hermaphrodites: 190
• 633 Sexual Selection and Antagonistic Coevolution in Hermaphrodites: 192
• 634 The Love Dart in SnailsA Shot at Paternity?: 196
• 64 Sexual Conflict in Plants: 200
• 65 Sexual Conflict Speciation and Extinction: 203
• 651 Sexual Conflict as an Engine of Evolutionary Divergence: 207
• 652 Population CrossesInferring Process from Pattern: 210
• 66 Sexual Conflict and Sex Chromosomes: 212
• Concepts and Levels of Sexual Conflict: 216
• 72 Resolution of Sexual Conflict: 219
• 73 Winners and Losers of Sexual Conflict?: 220
• 74 Sexual Conflict over the Control of Interactions: 222
• 75 The Intensity of Sexual Conflict: 223
• 76 Sexual Conflict over Mate Choice: 224
• Concluding Remarks: 226
• References: 229
• Author Index: 305
• Subject Index: 321

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sexual Conflict; Volume 27 of Monographs in Behavior and Ecology, ISSN 2691-8625; Sexual Conflict, Göran Arnqvist
• Authors: Göran Arnqvist, Locke Rowe
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 0691122180, 9780691122182
• Length: 330 pages
• Subjects: Science / Life Sciences / Biology; Science / Life Sciences / Ecology; Science / Life Sciences / Evolution; Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior); Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General