Figure 4
From: Hemiclonal analysis of interacting phenotypes in male and female Drosophila melanogaster
A negative genetic correlation between male attractiveness and female choosiness. We estimated genetic correlation by regressing mean male mating speed (attractiveness) on the coefficient of variance (CV) (choosiness) for all 12 hemiclone lines. This association indicates that the genotypes which produce highly attractive males also produce non-choosey females, and vice versa (P = 0.0006, r = -0.836, n = 12). We used the inverse of mean male mating speed to demonstrate the negative genetic correlation so that the larger x-values corresponded to attractive males.