Dr KATE DURRANT KATE.DURRANT@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
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Comparative morphological trade-offs between pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in Giant hissing cockroaches (Tribe: Gromphadorhini)
Durrant, Kate L.; Skicko, Ian M.; Sturrock, Craig; Mowles, Sophie L.
Authors
Ian M. Skicko
Dr CRAIG STURROCK craig.sturrock@nottingham.ac.uk
PRINCIPAL RESEARCH FELLOW
Sophie L. Mowles
Abstract
Sperm competition theory predicts that animals face a trade-off between investment in weaponry and investment in ejaculate composition. Within the Madagascan giant hissing cockroaches (Tribe Gromphadorhini) differences in morphology exist that may indicate differing strategies of male-male competition. We compared relative pronotal horn length using high-resolution X-ray CT scanning data, relative testes mass, and male-male agonistic behaviour between two species of hissing cockroaches, Gromphadorhina oblongonota and Aeluropoda insignis. The gross morphology and behaviour of these two species indicated that G. oblongonota is selected for pre-copulatory mate acquisition and that A. insignis is selected for post-copulatory sperm competition. We found evidence for a trade-off when investing in testes mass vs. horn length between the species. The large, aggressive G. oblongonota follows a strategy of greater investment in weapons at the expense of testes mass while the smaller, less-aggressive A. insignis invests in relatively greater testes mass and less in pronotal weapon length. We also found evidence of a trade-off within each species, where individuals invest more heavily in weapon length at the expense of testes mass. These findings support the predictions of pre- and post-copulatory competitive investment trade-offs for a relatively understudied Tribe of cockroaches.
Citation
Durrant, K. L., Skicko, I. M., Sturrock, C., & Mowles, S. L. (in press). Comparative morphological trade-offs between pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in Giant hissing cockroaches (Tribe: Gromphadorhini). Scientific Reports, 6, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep36755
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 20, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 7, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Jan 12, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 12, 2017 |
Journal | Scientific Reports |
Electronic ISSN | 2045-2322 |
Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 6 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1038/srep36755 |
Keywords | Animal physiology, Behavioural ecology, Sexual selection |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/829754 |
Publisher URL | http://www.nature.com/articles/srep36755 |
Contract Date | Jan 12, 2017 |
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