Sex-specific selection and adaptation in spatially variable environments

该项目旨在概述一种广泛适用的估计性别特异性选择的方法，该方法基于基因流动的局部适应理论的扩展。当性别之间的选择模式不同时，适应性进化可能会受到限制。使用模型生物的实验提供了强有力的证据，证明了由于选择上的性别差异而造成的适应性限制。在这些模型系统之外，很难获得特定性别的选择估计，因为估计选择的方法不容易应用于自然种群。使用来自东澳大利亚的临床可变果蝇种群进行的实验，构成了对新理论的第一次检验。

This project aims to outline a broadly applicable approach for estimating sex-specific selection, which is based on an extension of the theory of local adaptation with gene flow. Adaptive evolution can be constrained when patterns of selection differ between the sexes. Experiments using model organisms provide strong evidence for adaptive constraints due to sex differences in selection. Outside of these model systems, sex-specific selection estimates are difficult to obtain because methods for estimating selection are not easily applied to natural populations. Experiments, using a clinally variable Drosophila population from Eastern Australia constitute the first tests of the new theory.