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| Alexei A MaklakovSummaryAffiliation: University of New South Wales Country: Australia Publications
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The genetic architecture of fitness in a seed beetle: assessing the potential for indirect genetic benefits of female choiceT Bilde
Animal Ecology Department of Ecology and Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Centre, University of Uppsala, Uppsala SE 753 32, Sweden
BMC Evol Biol 8:295. 2008..From reciprocal crosses of inbred lines, we assayed egg production, egg-to-adult survival, and lifetime offspring production of the outbred F1 daughters (F1 productivity)...- Sex-specific fitness effects of nutrient intake on reproduction and lifespanAlexei A Maklakov
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney 2052, Australia
Curr Biol 18:1062-6. 2008..Our data suggest that sex-specific selection has thus far failed fully to resolve intralocus sexual conflict over diet optimization. Such conflict may be an important factor linking nutrition and reproduction to lifespan and aging... - Sex differences in nutrient-dependent reproductive ageingAlexei A Maklakov
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney 2052, NSW, Australia
Aging Cell 8:324-30. 2009..These sex differences were robust to deviations from sex-specific dietary requirements. Our results demonstrate that sexual selection can be at least as important as sex-dependent mortality in shaping the signal of reproductive ageing... - Sexual selection affects lifespan and aging in the seed beetleAlexei A Maklakov
Department of Ecology and Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Aging Cell 6:739-44. 2007..We discuss these findings in light of other data from this model system and suggest that system-specific idiosyncrasies may often modulate the general effects of male-female coevolution on the evolution of aging... - Sex differences, sexual selection, and ageing: an experimental evolution approachAlexei A Maklakov
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney 2052, Australia
Evolution 63:2491-503. 2009.... - Sex differences in the genetic architecture of lifespan in a seed beetle: extreme inbreeding extends male lifespanTrine Bilde
Animal Ecology Department of Ecology and Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
BMC Evol Biol 9:33. 2009..Alternatively, sexual dimorphism in lifespan could result from sex-specific selection, caused by fundamental differences in how males and females optimize their fitness by allocating resources into current and future reproduction... - Evolution of male and female genitalia following release from sexual selectionLuis Cayetano
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Evolution 65:2171-83. 2011..We argue that further advances in the study of genital coevolution will require a much more detailed understanding of the functions of male and female genital traits... - Ageing and the evolution of female resistance to remating in seed beetlesAlexei A Maklakov
Animal Ecology Department of Ecology and Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvagen 18D, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Biol Lett 2:62-4. 2006..Our findings not only demonstrate that female resistance to remating can evolve rapidly, but also that such evolution is in accordance with the genetic interests of females... - The roles of life-history selection and sexual selection in the adaptive evolution of mating behavior in a beetleAlexei A Maklakov
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney 2052, Australia
Evolution 64:1273-82. 2010..Importantly, our study shows that the interaction between sexual selection and life-history selection can result in either increased or decreased reproductive divergence depending on the ecological context... - Within-population variation in cytoplasmic genes affects female life span and aging in Drosophila melanogasterAlexei A Maklakov
Animal Ecology, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvagen 18D, SE 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Evolution 60:2081-6. 2006..We found significant cytoplasmic effects on all three variables. This provides evidence that genetic variation in cytoplasmic genes, presumably mtDNA, contributes to variation in female mortality and aging... - Testing for direct and indirect effects of mate choice by manipulating female choosinessAlexei A Maklakov
Department of Ecology and Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden
Curr Biol 19:1903-6. 2009..We suggest that phenotypic engineering of female choice traits can greatly advance our ability to elucidate the relative importance of direct and indirect selection for the maintenance of female choice... - Adaptive male effects on female ageing in seed beetlesAlexei A Maklakov
Uppsala University Animal Ecology Department of Ecology and Evolution Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Proc Biol Sci 272:2485-9. 2005.... - Sexual conflict in the wild: elevated mating rate reduces female lifetime reproductive successAlexei A Maklakov
Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Am Nat 165:S38-45. 2005..Manipulated females produced fewer offspring than control females. The observed patterns imply a net cost of polyandry to females and suggest that natural mating rates can be suboptimal for females under natural conditions... - The transition to social inbred mating systems in spiders: role of inbreeding tolerance in a subsocial predecessorTrine Bilde
Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
Evolution 59:160-74. 2005..It is likely that the lack of inbreeding avoidance in subsocial predecessors has facilitated the transition to regular inbreeding social systems... - Sexual conflict over mating in a spider: increased fecundity does not compensate for the costs of polyandryAlexei A Maklakov
Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
Evolution 58:1135-40. 2004..We show that polyandry is costly for females despite the production of larger clutches and suggest that multiple mating results from male manipulation of female remating behavior...