Skip to main content
bioRxiv
  • Home
  • About
  • Submit
  • ALERTS / RSS
Advanced Search
New Results

Fitness and mating consequences of variation in male allocation in a wind pollinated plant

View ORCID ProfileAbrar A. Aljiboury, View ORCID ProfileJannice Friedman
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.01.470797
Abrar A. Aljiboury
1Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244 USA
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Abrar A. Aljiboury
Jannice Friedman
1Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244 USA
2Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, K7L3N6, Canada
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Jannice Friedman
  • For correspondence: jannnice.friedman@queensu.ca
  • Abstract
  • Full Text
  • Info/History
  • Metrics
  • Preview PDF
Loading

Abstract

In hermaphrodites, the allocation of resources to each sex function can influence fitness through reproductive success and mating success. In wind pollinated plants, sex allocation theory predicts that male fitness increases linearly with investment of resources into male function. However, there have been few empirical tests of this prediction. We experimentally manipulated allocation to male function in Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) in a field experiment and measured mating success using genetic assays. We investigated the effects of various morphological traits and flowering phenology on male fitness, and on male and female mate diversity. Our results provide evidence for a linear relation between allocation to male function and fitness. We find earlier onset of male flowering time increases reproductive success, while later onset flowering time increases the probability of mating with diverse individuals. This research is among the first empirical studies testing the prediction of linear male fitness returns in wind pollinated plants. Our results provide insight into the large investment into male function by wind pollinated plants and temporal variation in sex allocation.

Competing Interest Statement

The authors have declared no competing interest.

Copyright 
The copyright holder for this preprint is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
Back to top
PreviousNext
Posted December 03, 2021.
Download PDF
Email

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word about bioRxiv.

NOTE: Your email address is requested solely to identify you as the sender of this article.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Fitness and mating consequences of variation in male allocation in a wind pollinated plant
(Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from bioRxiv
(Your Name) thought you would like to see this page from the bioRxiv website.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Share
Fitness and mating consequences of variation in male allocation in a wind pollinated plant
Abrar A. Aljiboury, Jannice Friedman
bioRxiv 2021.12.01.470797; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.01.470797
Reddit logo Twitter logo Facebook logo LinkedIn logo Mendeley logo
Citation Tools
Fitness and mating consequences of variation in male allocation in a wind pollinated plant
Abrar A. Aljiboury, Jannice Friedman
bioRxiv 2021.12.01.470797; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.01.470797

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Subject Area

  • Evolutionary Biology
Subject Areas
All Articles
  • Animal Behavior and Cognition (4235)
  • Biochemistry (9136)
  • Bioengineering (6784)
  • Bioinformatics (24001)
  • Biophysics (12129)
  • Cancer Biology (9534)
  • Cell Biology (13778)
  • Clinical Trials (138)
  • Developmental Biology (7636)
  • Ecology (11702)
  • Epidemiology (2066)
  • Evolutionary Biology (15513)
  • Genetics (10644)
  • Genomics (14326)
  • Immunology (9483)
  • Microbiology (22839)
  • Molecular Biology (9090)
  • Neuroscience (48995)
  • Paleontology (355)
  • Pathology (1482)
  • Pharmacology and Toxicology (2570)
  • Physiology (3846)
  • Plant Biology (8331)
  • Scientific Communication and Education (1471)
  • Synthetic Biology (2296)
  • Systems Biology (6192)
  • Zoology (1301)