Demonstrating mate choice copying in spiders requires further research  

作　　者：R.Tucker GILMAN Kasey FOWLER-FINN Eileen A.HEBETS 

机构地区：[1]School of Earth and Environmental Sciences,The University of Manchester,Manchester,UK [2]Department of Biology,Saint Louis University,St.Louis,USA [3]School of Biological Sciences,University of Nebraska-Lincoln,Lincoln,NE,USA

出　　处：《Current Zoology》2020年第2期215-216,共2页动物学报（英文版）

基　　金：R.T.G.was partially supported by Natural Environment Research Council(grant no.NE/L002469/1).

摘　　要：Mate choice copying-when individuals learn to prefer mates or mate types that have been chosen by others-can influence trait evo-lution and speciation(Varela et al.2018;Dion et al.2019).Most examples of mate choice copying are from fish,birds,and mammals including humans(Varela et al.2018).However,2 invertebrate examples-fruit flies and wolf spiders-have been used to argue that the phenomenon may be phylogenetically widespread,and perhaps the rule rather than the exception in nature(Varela et al.2018).Here,we revisit the evidence for mate choice copying in wolf spiders(Fowler-Fimn et al.2015)in light of new data(Gilman et al.2018).Then,we discuss why mate choice copying is a phenomenon that is likely to occur in wolf spiders,and why this deserves attention.

关 键 词：invertebrates MATE CHOICE COPYING Schizocosa sexual SELECTION SPECIATION spiders 

分 类 号：Q95[生物学—动物学]