Heroic heirs: evidence for sexy and competitive sons

Leks are the quintessential example of female mate choice, yet male-male interactions at leks may predominate. How, and how much, female mate choice versus male-male competition contribute to precopulatory sexual selection, including whether they are aligned or antagonistic, matters to theory and our understanding of how selection acts on both males and females. For example, if male-male competition predominates and selection favours harmful, dominant males, then female and population fitness may be compromised. Here, using Drosophila melanogaster, we performed two artificial selection experiments in parallel where we altered selection to favour male-male competition (selection for winners and losers in multi-male competition trials) or female mate choice (selection for winners and losers in single-male latency trials). After seven generations of selection, males from winner-selected lines had higher mating success than males from loser-selected lines in both competitive and non-competi..., , , # Heroic heirs: evidence for sexy and competitive sons

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.f1vhhmh6v](10.5061/dryad.f1vhhmh6v)

## Description of the data and file structure

Data for: **Heroic heirs: evidence for sexy and competitive sons**

Authors: Nirjana Dewan, W. Jason Kennington, Joseph L. Tomkins, Robert J. Dugand

NOTE:  Variables present in more than one sheet are marked with an asterisk(*)

NOTE: The different combinations of the variables 'context' and 'quality' make up the treatment variable, of which there are 4 categories; 'competitive' (context - MMC present, quality - winner), 'non-competitive' (context - MMC present, quality - loser), 'attractive' (context - MMC absent, quality - winner) and 'unattractive' (context - MMC absent, quality - loser). The variable 'treatment' itself is not present in the csv files but has been used to define other variables, for e.g., line.  

### Files and variables

#### File: Egg\_to\_adult\_viability.csv

**Description:** csv file containing f...,