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Title:		Mating dynamics in a nematode with three sexes and its evolutionary implications
Author(s):		Chaudhuri J; Bose N; Tandonnet S; Adams S; Zuco G; Kache V; Parihar M; von Reuss SH; Schroeder FC; Pires-daSilva A;
Address:		"University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Biology, Arlington, USA. Boyce Thompson Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. University of Warwick, School of Life Sciences, Coventry, United Kingdom"
Journal Title:		Sci Rep
Year:		2015
Volume:		20151203
Issue:
Page Number:		17676 -
DOI:		10.1038/srep17676
ISSN/ISBN:		2045-2322 (Electronic) 2045-2322 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Nematodes have diverse reproductive strategies, which make them ideal subjects for comparative studies to address how mating systems evolve. Here we present the sex ratios and mating dynamics of the free-living nematode Rhabditis sp. SB347, in which males, females and hermaphrodites co-exist. The three sexes are produced by both selfing and outcrossing, and females tend to appear early in a mother's progeny. Males prefer mating with females over hermaphrodites, which our results suggest is related to the female-specific production of the sex pheromones ascr#1 and ascr#9. We discuss the parallels between this system and that of parasitic nematodes that exhibit alternation between uniparental and biparental reproduction"
Keywords:		"Animals *Biological Evolution Disorders of Sex Development Female Male Mating Preference, Animal/physiology Rhabditoidea/*physiology Sex Attractants/metabolism Sex Ratio Sexual Behavior, Animal/*physiology;"
Notes:		"MedlineChaudhuri, Jyotiska Bose, Neelanjan Tandonnet, Sophie Adams, Sally Zuco, Giusy Kache, Vikas Parihar, Manish von Reuss, Stephan H Schroeder, Frank C Pires-daSilva, Andre eng R01 GM088290/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ BB/L019884/1/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom GM088290/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. England 2015/12/04 Sci Rep. 2015 Dec 3; 5:17676. doi: 10.1038/srep17676"