| rapid microsatellite development for water striders by next-generation sequencing. | water striders have become a model system for studies of sexual conflict and coevolution, but progress is currently limited by a lack of genetic resources. next-generation sequencing technologies offer the potential for rapid and cost-effective development of molecular markers and hold particular promise for model organisms in ecology for which no reference genome exists. we used roche 454 sequencing of genomic dna to identify microsatellite loci for the water strider gerris incognitus. a modest ... | 2010 | 20810468 |
| sexual conflict and antagonistic coevolution across water strider populations. | microevolutionary studies have demonstrated sexually antagonistic selection on sexual traits, and existing evidence supports a macroevolutionary pattern of sexually antagonistic coevolution. two current questions are how antagonistic selection within-populations scales to divergence among populations, and to what extent intraspecific divergence matches species-level patterns. to address these questions, we conducted an intraspecific comparative study of sexual armaments and mating behaviors in a ... | 2012 | 22276547 |
| the role of ecology, neutral processes and antagonistic coevolution in an apparent sexual arms race. | some of the strongest examples of a sexual 'arms race' come from observations of correlated evolution in sexually antagonistic traits among populations. however, it remains unclear whether these cases truly represent sexually antagonistic coevolution; alternatively, ecological or neutral processes might also drive correlated evolution. to investigate these alternatives, we evaluated the contributions of intersex genetic correlations, ecological context, neutral genetic divergence and sexual coev ... | 2017 | 28683517 |