Andrés, J A and Morrow, E H (2003) The origin of interlocus sexual conflict: is sex-linkage important? Journal Of Evolutionary Biology, 16 (2). pp. 219-223. ISSN 1420-9101

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Abstract

Sexual conflict has been proposed as a potential selective agent in the evolution of a variety of traits. Here, we present a simple model that investigates the initial conditions under which sex-linked and sex-limited harming alleles can invade a population. In this paper, we expand previous threshold models to study how sex-linkage and sex determination mechanisms affect the spreading conditions of a harming allele. Our models provide new insights into how sexual conflict could originate, showing that in diploid organisms the probability of a new harming allele spreading is independent of both the genetic sex determination system and the dominance relationships. However, the incidence of interlocus sexual conflicts in the initial steps of the invasion critically depends on the inheritance system.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Life Sciences > Evolution, Behaviour and Environment
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH0301 Biology > QH0359 Evolution
Depositing User:	Ted Morrow
Date Deposited:	31 Oct 2012 11:32
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2012 11:32
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/40271

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