Can sexual conflict contribute to a resolution of the paradox of sex?

性冲突能否有助于解决性悖论？

• 批准号: DP200101971
• 负责人: Prof Russell Bonduriansky
• 金额: $ 29.81万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP200101971
• 关键词: sexual; conflict; contribute; resolution; paradox

Despite over a century of research, it remains unclear why most animals can reproduce only via sex. An exciting new hypothesis proposes that sexual conflict can promote sexual reproduction and inhibit asexual strategies, suggesting a potential solution to this long-standing paradox. Building on my research expertise, and using a native Australian insect species in which the role of sexual conflict can be studied in natural populations, this ambitious project aims to test this hypothesis for the first time. This research will expand knowledge in the biological sciences by helping to answer one of the most challenging questions in evolutionary biology. This work will also contribute to efforts to monitor Australia's unique insect fauna.

尽管经过了一个多世纪的研究，人们仍然不清楚为什么大多数动物只能通过性繁殖。一个令人兴奋的新假设提出，性冲突可以促进有性繁殖，抑制无性策略，为这个长期存在的悖论提供了一个潜在的解决方案。基于我的研究专长，并使用一种可以在自然种群中研究性冲突作用的澳大利亚本土昆虫物种，这个雄心勃勃的项目旨在首次验证这一假设。这项研究将通过帮助回答进化生物学中最具挑战性的问题之一来扩展生物科学的知识。这项工作还将有助于监测澳大利亚独特的昆虫动物群。