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Science 8 November 2002:
Vol. 298. no. 5596, pp. 1230 - 1233
DOI: 10.1126/science.1076968
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Reports
Sperm-Female Coevolution in Drosophila
Gary T. Miller,
Scott Pitnick*
Rapid evolution of reproductive traits has been
attributed to sexual selection arising from interaction between the
sexes. However, little is known about the nature of selection driving the evolution of interacting sex-specific phenotypes. Using populations of Drosophila melanogaster selected for divergent sperm
length or female sperm-storage organ length, we experimentally show
that male fertilization success is determined by an interaction between sperm and female morphology. In addition, sperm length evolution occurred as a correlated response to selection on the female
reproductive tract. Giant sperm tails are the cellular equivalent of
the peacock's tail, having evolved because females evolved
reproductive tracts that selectively bias paternity in favor of males
with longer sperm.
Department of Biology, Syracuse University, 108 College Place,
Syracuse, NY 13244, USA.
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To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
sspitnic{at}syr.edu
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