Treffer: Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review.
Title:
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review.
Authors:
Wilner D; Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia., Bonduriansky R; Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia., Burke NW; Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.; Institute of Cell and Systems Biology of Animals, Department of Biology, Universität Hamburg, Mittelweg 177, Hamburg, 20148, Germany.
Source:
Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society [Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc] 2025 Dec; Vol. 100 (6), pp. 2681-2706. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Aug 11.
Publication Type:
Journal Article; Review
Language:
English
Journal Info:
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0414576 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1469-185X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00063231 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc Subsets: MEDLINE
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Original Publication: London, Cambridge University Press.
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Mol Ecol. 2010 Mar;19(6):1227-38. (PMID: 20163549)
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Cytogenet Genome Res. 2006;113(1-4):31-5. (PMID: 16575160)
J Insect Physiol. 2017 Jul;100:65-70. (PMID: 28528233)
Biodivers Data J. 2020 Sep 16;8:e56030. (PMID: 33013173)
Biol Lett. 2021 May;17(5):20210006. (PMID: 33975486)
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Curr Biol. 2016 Jun 6;26(11):1463-7. (PMID: 27185556)
Annu Rev Entomol. 2003;48:397-423. (PMID: 12221039)
J Hered. 2021 Mar 12;112(1):45-57. (PMID: 32918457)
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Genetics. 2007 Jul;176(3):1713-27. (PMID: 17483405)
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J Hered. 2010 Mar-Apr;101 Suppl 1:S34-41. (PMID: 20212007)
Trends Ecol Evol. 2013 May;28(5):297-306. (PMID: 23399316)
Evolution. 2011 Oct;65(10):2881-92. (PMID: 21967429)
Environ Pollut. 2006 Nov;144(2):453-62. (PMID: 16677747)
Anim Behav. 2000 Aug;60(2):145-164. (PMID: 10973716)
Trends Ecol Evol. 2017 Sep;32(9):646-652. (PMID: 28651895)
Proc Biol Sci. 2023 Mar 29;290(1995):20230261. (PMID: 36946111)
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Evolution. 1992 Jun;46(3):783-796. (PMID: 28568678)
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Proc Biol Sci. 2013 Jun 19;280(1764):20130823. (PMID: 23782880)
Trends Ecol Evol. 1994 Nov;9(11):422-6. (PMID: 21236911)
Am Nat. 2011 Jun;177(6):780-91. (PMID: 21597254)
Genetics. 1967 Jan;55(1):157-71. (PMID: 6031599)
Curr Biol. 2023 Sep 11;33(17):3545-3560.e13. (PMID: 37516115)
J Evol Biol. 2001 Jan 8;14(1):68-74. (PMID: 29280573)
Evol Dev. 2020 Jan;22(1-2):205-217. (PMID: 31622546)
PLoS One. 2015 Sep 09;10(9):e0137181. (PMID: 26352413)
Genet Res. 1987 Apr;49(2):135-46. (PMID: 3596234)
Am Nat. 2015 Oct;186(4):519-30. (PMID: 26655575)
Mol Ecol. 2019 Sep;28(17):3929-3941. (PMID: 31386772)
Trends Ecol Evol. 1998 Feb 1;13(2):77-81. (PMID: 21238209)
Proc Biol Sci. 2010 May 7;277(1686):1435-42. (PMID: 20071382)
Grant Information:
DP200101971 Australian Research Council
Contributed Indexing:
Keywords: animals; asexuality; behaviour; costs of sex; evolution of parthenogenesis; facultative parthenogenesis; invertebrates; paradox of sex; reproductive modes; sexual conflict
Entry Date(s):
Date Created: 20250812 Date Completed: 20251104 Latest Revision: 20251107
Update Code:
20251107
PubMed Central ID:
PMC12586296
DOI:
10.1111/brv.70064
PMID:
40790891
Database:
MEDLINE
Weitere Informationen
Theory predicts that facultatively asexual animals, which can leverage the advantages of both sexual and asexual reproduction, should outcompete obligately sexual and obligately asexual animals. Yet, paradoxically, obligate sexual reproduction predominates in many animal lineages, while the most flexible form of facultative asexuality (i.e. facultative parthenogenesis) appears to be rare. Recent theoretical work suggests that sexual conflict could help to resolve this paradox. Males that coercively fertilise females' eggs may, in the process, prevent alleles for parthenogenesis from spreading by limiting opportunities for asexual reproduction. Coercive males may also inhibit asexual reproduction by making resistance to sex disproportionately costly for females. In this review, we outline evidence of interactions with males that could impose costs on parthenogenetic females or hinder their ability to reproduce parthenogenetically in diverse animal taxa. The evidence suggests that such interactions between the sexes have the potential to mediate sexual conflict over mating and reproductive mode, both within facultative species and between closely related sexual and asexual taxa. However, the relative costs of sex and parthenogenesis are clearly context dependent, and much remains unknown. The most direct evidence for male inhibition of parthenogenesis comes from stick insects, but several other systems offer promising avenues for further investigation. Further research on the costs of mating and resistance in such systems could shed light on the reasons for the puzzling rarity of facultative parthenogenesis in nature.
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