Proximate mechanisms of the differences in reproductive success of males bearing different alleles of Pgdh - a gene involved in a sexual conflict in bulb mite.

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Enzyme polymorphism in phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (Pgdh) is a striking example of single gene polymorphism involved in sexual conflict in bulb mite Rhizoglyphus robini. Males homozygous for the S Pgdh allele were shown to achieve higher reproductive success than FF homozygous males, while negatively influencing fecundity of their female partners. Here, we investigate proximate mechanisms responsible for the...

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