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Do Longevity and Fecundity Change by Selection on Mating Success at Elevated Temperature? Correlated Selection Responses in Drosophila buzzatii

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Adaptation to environmental temperature depends on both direct and correlated responses to selection for reproduction and survival at elevated temperature. Sexual selection is one of the most powerful of all evolutionary forces and we tested both fecundity and longevity for their correlated responses to sexual selection on the ability to mate (mating success) at high temperature. Replicated lines selected for 15 generations of mating at 33 °C (S lines) were compared to their respective controls (C lines) in D. buzzatii in three thermal regimes: 25 °C, 30 °C and a cyclic thermal regime for longevity from 17 to 32 °C. Previous work showed that S lines successfully responded for the trait selected and the present results show a trade-off in males between mating success at elevated temperature and longevity in all three thermal regimes tested. In addition, inter-sexual relationships of trade-offs were apparent between male longevity and female fecundity as correlated selection responses. In this sex-specific association of trade off, S females exhibited higher fecundity than C females at 30 °C only if females were exposed to a limited social environment of a single male. Overall, selection for mating at high temperature increases female fecundity at high temperature but decreases longevity in males. This sex-specific and negative impact on longevity in males could be the result of a genetic correlation between mating success at high temperature and reduced longevity in this sex.

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We thank two anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on the manuscript. We thanks support from Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, and University of Buenos Aires.

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This research was supported by grants from Universidad de Buenos Aires (20020170100180BA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (PIP 11220130100083CO), and Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT. PICT-2017-1426) to FMN, as well as the grant from ANPCyT (PICT-2015-1658) to PDS.

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    Leonel Stazione, Fabian M. Norry & Pablo Sambucetti

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    Leonel Stazione, Fabian M. Norry & Pablo Sambucetti

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PS and FMN designed the study; LS carried out the laboratory work; LS, PS and FMN did the statistical analyzes; FMN, LS and PS drafted the manuscript. LS, FMN and PS revised and approved the final version.

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Stazione, L., Norry, F.M. & Sambucetti, P. Do Longevity and Fecundity Change by Selection on Mating Success at Elevated Temperature? Correlated Selection Responses in Drosophila buzzatii. Evol Biol 48, 312–320 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-021-09540-2

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