Search Results - "Long, Tristan A.F."

The Effect of Sexual Selection on Offspring Fitness Depends on the Nature of Genetic Variation by Long, Tristan A.F., Agrawal, Aneil F., Rowe, Locke

“…Whether the changes brought about by sexual selection are, on the whole, congruent or incongruent with the changes favored by natural selection is a…”
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Adult locomotory activity mediates intralocus sexual conflict in a laboratory-adapted population of Drosophila melanogaster by Long, Tristan A.F, Rice, William R

“…laboratory-adapted population of…”
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Quantifying the gender load: can population crosses reveal interlocus sexual conflict? by Long, Tristan A.F, Montgomerie, Robert, Chippindale, Adam K

“…) in response to foreign males were consistent with intersexual coevolution. Moreover, seven of the 30 crosses between foreign mates resulted in significant…”
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Do female Drosophila melanogaster adaptively bias offspring sex ratios in relation to the age of their mate? by Long, Tristan A.F, Pischedda, Alison

“…are biased with respect to the age of the males to which they are mated, and whether there is an adaptive basis for this phenomenon. We found that females…”
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Phenotypic extremes or extreme phenotypes? On the use of large and small-bodied “phenocopied” Drosophila melanogaster males in studies of sexual selection and conflict by Schang, Kyle, Garant, Renée, Long, Tristan A.F.

“…•Body size is a composite trait frequently associated with variation in individual reproductive success, and is consequently of great interest to behavioural…”
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Cross-generational effects of male reproductive success and offspring immunocompetence in Drosophila melanogaster by Guncay, Ashley, Balasubramaniam, Thiropa, Plagens, Katie, Weadge, Joel, Long, Tristan A.F.

“…In some species where males make no direct contribution to a female’s lifetime reproductive success, females choose mates based on the indirect benefits…”
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Potential confounds to an assay of cross-generational fitness benefits of mating and male seminal fluid by Long, Tristan A.F, Stewart, Andrew D, Miller, Paige M

“…Without abstract…”
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Sexual selection and the nonrandom union of gametes: retesting for assortative mating by fitness in Drosophila melanogaster by Talagala, Sanduni, Rakosy, Emily, Long, Tristan A F

“…While numerous theoretical population genetic models predict that mating assortatively by genetic "quality" will enhance the efficiency of purging of…”
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Debugging collective digging in Drosophila melanogaster using an agent-based model by Shoot, Tanya T., Long, Tristan A.F., Miller, Noam

“…•Fruit fly larvae cooperate to dig into hard substrates.•The mechanisms of fruit fly cooperation have not been studied.•We simulate collective foraging…”
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Kin recognition and co‐operative foraging in Drosophila melanogaster larvae by Khodaei, Lucas, Long, Tristan A. F.

“…A long‐standing goal for biologists and social scientists is to understand the factors that lead to the evolution and maintenance of co‐operative behaviour…”
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Kin Recognition and Egg Cannibalism by Drosophila melanogaster Larvae by Khodaei, Lucas, Long, Tristan A.F.

“…Cannibalism is a widespread behavioral phenomenon that is often thought to be an adaptive plastic response to limited environmental resources. However,…”
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On the use of private versus social information in oviposition site choice decisions by Drosophila melanogaster females by Malek, Heather L, Long, Tristan A F

“…Abstract Individuals are faced with decisions throughout their lifetimes, and the choices they make often have important consequences toward their fitness…”
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Nutritional geometry and fitness consequences in Drosophila suzukii, the Spotted‐Wing Drosophila by Young, Yvonne, Buckiewicz, Natasha, Long, Tristan A. F.

“…Since its arrival to North America less than a decade ago, the invasive Spotted‐Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) has inflicted substantial economic losses…”
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Influence of body size, metabolic rate and life history stage on the uptake and excretion of the lampricide 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) by invasive sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) by Tessier, Laura R., Long, Tristan A.F., Wilkie, Michael P.

“…Invasive sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) are controlled in the Great Lakes using the lampricide 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM), which is applied to…”
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On the expression of reproductive plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster females in spatial and socially varying environments by Nwajei, Oghenerho, Talagala, Sanduni, Hampel, Laura, Punj, Bhavya, Li, Nuek Yin, Long, Tristan A F

“…Individuals often adjust their behaviour based on their perception and experiences with the social and/or physical environment. In this study, we examined the…”
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Spatial environmental complexity mediates sexual conflict and sexual selection in Drosophila melanogaster by Malek, Heather L., Long, Tristan A. F.

“…Sexual selection is an important agent of evolutionary change, but the strength and direction of selection often vary over space and time. One potential source…”
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Are flies kind to kin? The role of intra- and inter-sexual relatedness in mediating reproductive conflict by Martin, Emily S., Long, Tristan A. F.

“…As individual success often comes at the expense of others, interactions between the members of a species are frequently antagonistic, especially in the…”
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A cost of sexual attractiveness to high-fitness females by Long, Tristan A F, Pischedda, Alison, Stewart, Andrew D, Rice, William R

“…Adaptive mate choice by females is an important component of sexual selection in many species. The evolutionary consequences of male mate preferences, however,…”
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Genetic trade-offs between male reproductive traits in Drosophila melanogaster by Filice, David C. S., Long, Tristan A. F.

“…In Drosophila melanogaster, males engage in both extensive pre- and post-copulatory competition for the opportunity to mate with females and subsequently sire…”
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Genetic variation in male-induced harm in Drosophila melanogaster by Filice, David C. S., Long, Tristan A. F.

“…In Drosophila melanogaster, prolonged exposure to males reduces the longevity and fecundity of females. This harm arises from the effects of male courtship…”
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