MISC

2002年4月

Search for species-specific mating signal in courtship songs of sympatric sibling species, Drosophila ananassae and D-pallidosa

GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS
  • H Yamada
  • ,
  • T Sakai
  • ,
  • M Tomaru
  • ,
  • M Doi
  • ,
  • M Matsuda
  • ,
  • Y Oguma

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開始ページ
97
終了ページ
106
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
DOI
10.1266/ggs.77.97
出版者・発行元
GENETICS SOC JAPAN

Sexual isolation is one of the most important mechanisms that may lead to speciation. Drosophila ananassae and D. pallidosa are useful for the study of sexual isolation, because of their sympatric distribution and no postmating isolation between them. Courtship songs are considered to play a crucial role in sexual isolation between D. ananassae and D. pallidosa. We recorded and analyzed male courtship songs of D. ananassae and D. pallidosa for eight and four geographical strains, respectively. Courtship behaviors of the two species were consistent with those previously described, however, male's middle leg shaking, which had not before been described, was observed in both species. Males sing by wing vibration only during courtship. Their song oscillograms were distinct between species, but those of conspecific strains were very similar, in spite of their different geographical derivation. We found species-specificity in burst length, pulse length, cycle number in a pulse, and frequency spectra of bursts; these results suggest that these song parameters may play a role in mate recognition that enforces their sexual isolation. The specific values of interpulse interval, cycle number in a pulse and intrapulse frequency were involved with the determination of specificity in frequency spectra of bursts. We discussed the possibility that the specific frequency spectra of bursts are recognized by females as the species-specific signal rather than each parameter individually.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1266/ggs.77.97
CiNii Articles
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/10008639449
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12087192
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000177025200004&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1266/ggs.77.97
  • ISSN : 1341-7568
  • eISSN : 1880-5779
  • CiNii Articles ID : 10008639449
  • PubMed ID : 12087192
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000177025200004

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