Genotype-by-Environment Interactions and Sexual Selection (eBook)

John Hunt is a Royal Society Research Fellow and Associate Professor in the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter. David J. Hosken is a Professor in the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter.

List of Contributors xiii

Preface xv

About the Companion Website xix

Part I INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL CONCEPTS 1

1 Genotype-by-Environment Interactions and Sexual Selection:
Female Choice in a Complex World 3

Michael J. Wade

2 GEIs when Information Transfer is Uncertain or Incomplete
19

Thomas Getty

3 Local Adaptation and the Evolution of Female Choice 41

Luke Holman and Hanna Kokko

4 Genotype-by-Environment Interactions when the Social
Environment Contains Genes 63

Jason B. Wolf, Nick J. Royle, and John Hunt

Part II PRACTICAL ISSUES FOR MEASURING GEIs 99

5 Quantifying Genotype-by-Environment Interactions in Laboratory
Systems 101

Derek A. Roff and Alastair J. Wilson

6 Influence of the Environment on the Genetic Architecture of
Traits Involved in Sexual Selection within Wild Populations
137

Matthew R. Robinson and Anna Qvarnström

7 From Genotype × Environment to Transcriptome ×
Environment: Identifying and Understanding Environmental Influences
in the Gene Expression Underlying Sexually Selected Traits
169

Jennifer C. Perry and Judith E. Mank

Part III EMPIRICAL STUDIES ON GEIs AND SEXUAL SELECTION
189

8 Phenotypic Plasticity and Genotype × Environment
Interactions in Animal Communication 191

Michael D. Greenfield

9 The Use of Inbreeding to Assess the Genetic Component of
Condition Underlying GEIs in Sexual Traits 213

Lawrence Bellamy, Kevin Fowler, and Andrew Pomiankowski

10 Genotype-by-Environment Interactions and Reliable Signaling
of Male Quality in Bank Voles 241

Suzanne C. Mills, Mikael Mokkonen, Esa Koskela, and Tapio
Mappes

11 Sexual Selection and Genotype-by-Environment Interactions in
Drosophila Cuticular Hydrocarbons 265

Fiona C. Ingleby, David J. Hosken, and John Hunt

12 Genotype-by-Environment Interactions and Sexual Selection in
Guppies 282

Gita R. Kolluru

13 Signal Reliability, Sex-Specific Genotype-by-Environment
Interactions in Cuticular Hydrocarbon Expression, and the
Maintenance of Polyandry through Chemosensory Self-Referencing in
Decorated Crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus 312

Scott K. Sakaluk, Carie Weddle, and John Hunt

Conclusions and Final Thoughts 331

Index 335