Hello! Welcome to my Talk Page! Below you will find some article references and Updates for my Wikipedia Topic: Polyandry in the Red Flour Beetle .
Updates:
10/20/15: Please view my first major addition on the following page regarding my organism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_flour_beetle The portion I added starts from the Patterns of Reproductive Variation and Fitness in the Red Flour Beetle: until the end of the genetic costs section. Krish707 (talk)
Please refer to my updated reference list below for all 5 sources I utilized.
September: Please view my first edit on the following page regarding my organism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_flour_beetle
The section I added on this page was the last paragraph of the whole page. It reads as follows:
Female red flour beetles are polyandrous in mating behavior. Within a single copulation period, a single female will mate with multiple different males. Female red flour beetles engage in polyandrous mating behavior in order to increase their fertility assurance. By mating with an increased number of males, female beetles obtain a greater amount of sperm. Obtaining a greater amount of sperm is especially important since many sexually active male red flour beetles are non-virgins and may be sperm-depleted. It is important to note that red flour beetles engage in polyandry to obtain a greater amount of sperm from males, not to increase the likelihood of finding genetically compatible sperm. [4]
The reference I utilized is listed reference number 2 in my reference list below. In the page I chose to edit, there was no mention of polyandrous mating behavior in the red flour beetle. As such, I chose to introduce the concept to the organism page and elaborate on some reasons as to why the beetles may engage in such behavior.
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Please feel free to add any comments regarding my chosen articles in the comment section below. Please specify the article in your comment.
1. Pai, A, Feil, S, Yan, G. 2007. Variation in polyandry and its fitness consequences among populations of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Evol Ecol. 21: 687-702
Quick Link: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10682-006-9146-4#
2. Bennett, L, Pai, A, Yan, G. 2005. Female multiple mating for fertility assurance in red flour beetles (Tribolium castaneum). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 83: 913-919
Quick Link: http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z05-073#.Vfy8OLTR96k
3. Yu, T, Lewis, F, Lewis, S.M. 2004. Female Influence over Offspring Paternity in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium Castaneum. Proceedings: Biological Sciences. 271: 1393-1399
Quick Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4142779
4. Arnaud L, Haubruge E. 1999. Mating Behavior and Male Mate Choice in Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Behaviour. 136: 67-77
Quick Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4535594
5. Christine R, Boake B. 1985. Genetic Consequences of Mate Choice: A Quantitative Genetic Method for Testing Sexual Selection Theory. Science. 227: 1061-1063
Quick Link: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1694818
Comment Section:
You should move this to your species' talk page so more users can view and comment. Also, are there any popsci or online resources you could use for your article?Evol&Glass (talk) 19:38, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi Krishna! This is Shannon Tai from your evolutionary biology group! In the second reference you posted, I thought it was interesting to learn that there was a higher viability of larvae from multiply mated females than from singly mated females. This article provides some insight to the evolutionary benefits of polyandry.
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Hey buddy, its Varun from evolutionary biology
Whats up Krishna, this is Nick from Evolutionary Biology.
Hey there, friend. This is David from Evo.
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:15, 28 August 2015 (UTC)