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empirical tests of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in female insects

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K06839
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 45040:Ecology and environment-related
Research InstitutionKagawa University

Principal Investigator

Yasui Yukio  香川大学, 農学部, 教授 (30325328)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywordspolyandry / evolution / bet-hedging / 雌の多回交尾の進化 / 生活史進化 / フタホシコオロギ / evolution of polyandry / 両賭け戦略 / 絶滅回避 / avoidance of extinction / 性淘汰
Outline of Research at the Start

雌の多回交尾は配偶者選択の一形態である。配偶者選択を行う雌が直面している問題は配偶者の質に関する情報の不確かさである。目の前の雄との交尾は繁殖の失敗につながるかもしれない。結果的に繁殖の失敗をもたらす雄を「ハズレ雄」と呼ぶが、その原因として、射精の失敗、後天的な不妊症、一時的な精子不足、突然変異や有害遺伝子、不和合因子、環境変動などが考えられる。
もし雌が「ハズレ雄」1匹としか交尾しないなら家系の絶滅につながるが、複数の雄と交尾すれば危険分散(bet-hedging)を行うことができる。多回交尾は絶滅回避のための保険でありうるか?コオロギを用いた実験系でbet-hedging仮説を検証する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In general, the more females males mate with, the more offspring they can produce, but females cannot mate with more than one male to have more offspring (only to swap fathers). In many animals, however, females mate with more than one male. The evolution of this "female multiple mating" is an important research topic in behavioral and evolutionary ecology.
In this study, we re-examined the bet-hedging hypothesis from a new theoretical perspective: we mated females with one to four males over a five-year period and compared egg hatching rates, in particular the rate of reproductive failure (i.e., not all eggs hatching). It was found that the greater the number of mates, the fewer the failures (higher intergenerational geometric mean fitness).

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

bet-hedging理論とは、予測できない変動環境のなかでいかに絶滅せずに長期的存続を達成するかを扱うものである。有性生殖における不妊の発生も重大問題である。本研究は単に昆虫の交尾行動を研究しているのではない。混迷の時代に生きる我々人類の存続やSDGsなどの環境問題とも深く関わっている。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (27 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 7 results) Presentation (10 results) Remarks (8 results)

  • [Journal Article] Polyandry works as bet-hedging in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, even after eliminating females in poor condition that cannot accept remating2023

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto Yuto、Yasui Yukio
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Ethology

      Volume: 42 Issue: 1 Pages: 61-69

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10164-023-00803-3

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Mite dilemma: molting to acquire sexual maturity or not molting to ensure durability and dispersal ability in Phorytocarpais fimetorum (Parasitiformes; Gamasida; Parasitidae)2023

    • Author(s)
      Yasui Yukio
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Ethology

      Volume: 41 Issue: 2 Pages: 177-184

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10164-023-00783-4

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report 2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Genetic link between mobility and sexual attractiveness in male Tribolium castaneum beetles2022

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura Kentarou、Yasui Yukio
    • Journal Title

      Animal Behaviour

      Volume: 188 Pages: 111-117

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.04.010

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The origination events of gametic sexual reproduction and anisogamy2022

    • Author(s)
      Yasui Yukio、Hasegawa Eisuke
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Ethology

      Volume: 40 Issue: 3 Pages: 273-284

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10164-022-00760-3

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Life‐history traits of the fairy shrimp Branchinella kugenumaensis are highly variable between neighboring rice paddies in Japan2022

    • Author(s)
      Yasui Yukio
    • Journal Title

      Ecological Research

      Volume: 37 Issue: 3 Pages: 344-354

    • DOI

      10.1111/1440-1703.12296

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Evolutionary bet‐hedging reconsidered: What is the mean-variance trade‐off of fitness?2022

    • Author(s)
      Yasui Yukio
    • Journal Title

      Ecological Research

      Volume: 37 Issue: 3 Pages: 406-420

    • DOI

      10.1111/1440-1703.12303

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Genetic link between mobility and sexual attractiveness in Tribolium castaneum male beetles2022

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura Kentarou、Yasui Yukio
    • Journal Title

      Animal Behaviour

      Volume: 188 Pages: 111-117

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] An empirical test of the bet‐hedging polyandry hypothesis: Female red flour beetles avoid extinction via multiple mating2021

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura Kentarou、Miyatake Takahisa、Yasui Yukio
    • Journal Title

      Ecology and Evolution

      Volume: - Issue: 10 Pages: 5295-5304

    • DOI

      10.1002/ece3.7418

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report 2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] An empirical test of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus2021

    • Author(s)
      Yasui Yukio、Yamamoto Yuto
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Ethology

      Volume: 39 Issue: 3 Pages: 329-342

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10164-021-00707-0

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 性の進化の謎を解く:性の2倍のコストはいかにして乗り越えられたか?2023

    • Author(s)
      安井行雄, 長谷川英祐
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第42回大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] フタホシコオロギ雌のbet-hedging polyandry:一雄多回交尾と多雄各一回交尾の卵孵化率への影響2023

    • Author(s)
      山本悠渡・安井行雄
    • Organizer
      日本応用動物昆虫学会第67回大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] フタホシコオロギ雌における一雄多回交尾と多雄各一回交尾の繁殖失敗確率の比較2023

    • Author(s)
      山本悠渡・安井行雄
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会第70回大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] コクヌストモドキとオオツノコクヌストモドキの二種間の繁殖における相互作用の検証2023

    • Author(s)
      大西流偉・松村健太郎・安井行雄
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会第70回大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 性の進化の謎を解く:配偶子生殖と異型配偶子の進化に関する新仮説2022

    • Author(s)
      安井行雄・長谷川英祐
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第41回大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] フタホシコオロギ雌での多雄交尾bet-hedging仮説の再検討2022

    • Author(s)
      山本悠渡・安井行雄
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第41回大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] フタホシコオロギを用いた多雄交尾 bet-hedging 仮説の検証実験2021

    • Author(s)
      山本悠渡・安井行雄
    • Organizer
      2021 年度 中国四国地区生物系三学会(日本動物学会・日本植物学会・日本生態学会)合同大会香川大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 雌の多雄交尾に関するbet-hedging仮説の検証2021

    • Author(s)
      松村 健太郎・宮竹 貴久・安井 行雄
    • Organizer
      日本生態学会第68回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] アクティブな雄は雌からモテない?コクヌストモドキを用いた検証2020

    • Author(s)
      松村 健太郎・川端 侑真・安井 行雄
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第39回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] フタホシコオロギ雌の多雄交尾は交尾失敗・環境変動に対する保険か?2019

    • Author(s)
      山本悠渡・安井 行雄
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第38回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 進化生態学

    • URL

      https://www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp/?research=%e5%ae%89%e4%ba%95%e8%a1%8c%e9%9b%84%e3%80%80%e9%80%b2%e5%8c%96%e7%94%9f%e7%89%a9%e5%ad%a6

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 「Ecol. Res.Top Cited Article 2022-2023」を受賞

    • URL

      https://www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp/?p=32433

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 「Journal of Ethology Editor’s Choice」を受賞

    • URL

      https://www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp/?p=31927

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 日本動物行動学会Editor’s Choice Award 2022

    • URL

      https://www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp/?p=30240

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 第70回日本生態学会大会ポスター賞優秀賞を受賞

    • URL

      https://www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp/?p=30734

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 2022 Springer-Nature, Research Highlights

    • URL

      https://www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp/?p=31001

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 2022 Springer-Nature, Research Highlights

    • URL

      https://www.kagawa-u.ac.jp/2022-springer-nature-research-highlights-evolutionary-biology/

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 昆虫の世界から生物の進化生態を探る

    • URL

      https://www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp/?p=27293

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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