The between sex genetic correlation for traits has long been hypothesized as a constraint to the evolution of sexual dimorphism. Both empirical and theoretical work has suggested that this constraint is influenced by genotype-sex-environment interactions. We examine genotype-sex-environment interactions in both sexually exaggerated and non-exaggerated legs of Drosophila prolongata, to examine the role of organismal condition on evolvability of an extreme trait. We employed a nested full-sib half-sib crossing design, providing food either ad libitum, or restricting food during larval growth, to each brood. When provided food ad libitum, inter-sex genetic correlations between traits is high and positive, whereas under food restriction this correlation substantially weakens, with a modest negative sign. Similarly, comparisons of the G matrix across sexes becomes less associated under food restriction. We discuss these results in the context of the growing appreciation of the factors that facilitate sex-specific evolutionary change.
Audet, T., Vadivel, S., Taylor, A., Ammendolia, D., Daanish, N., Beghin, O., Yang, R., Yogaraajah, S., Dworkin, I.
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