RESULTS: Our results showed that uninfected females from a tetracycline-treated line preferred to mate with young males, whereas Wolbachia-infected females had no preference. Time to mating was relatively shorter in the infected lines. Regardless of Wolbachia infection status, progeny resulting from matings with young males showed higher fitness than those from crosses with old males, and infected females crossed with infected young males showed the highest performance.
CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest an impact of Wolbachia on female mate preference and offspring fitness although it is unclear how this phenomenon increases Wolbachia transmission of infected wasps. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.
结果:我们的结果表明,来自四环素治疗品系的未感染雌性更喜欢与年轻雄性交配,而Wolbachia感染的女性没有偏好。感染品系的交配时间相对较短。不管Wolbachia感染状况如何,与年轻雄性交配产生的后代比与老年雄性杂交产生的后代表现出更高的适应性,受感染的雌性与受感染的年轻雄性杂交表现出最高的表现。
结论:这些结果表明Wolbachia对雌性伴侣偏好和后代适应性有影响,尽管目前尚不清楚这种现象如何增加Wolbachia感染黄蜂的传播。©2024化学工业学会。