Female spawning patterns and male mating success in the sand goby Pomatoschistus minutus

1992 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Lindstr�m
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Male Mating Success ◽  
Sand Goby ◽  
Pomatoschistus Minutus

scholarly journals Water turbidity constrains male mating success in a marine fish

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marja Järvenpää ◽  
Beatriz Diaz Pauli ◽  
Kai Lindström
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Aquatic Systems ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Female Size ◽  
Turbid Water ◽  
Male Mating Success ◽  
Clear Water ◽  
Sand Goby ◽  
Water Turbidity ◽  
Water Conditions

Abstract Human-induced eutrophication, resulting in increased algal growth and water turbidity, is an alarming problem in aquatic systems. Many studies have focused on the effects of algal turbidity on mate choice and sexual selection in fish, but little emphasis has been given to the ways it can constrain mating success. Here we experimentally investigated the effects of algal turbidity on maximum male mating success and parental care in the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus, a fish with a resource-defence mating system and male parental care. For this purpose, we introduced to 1 nest-holding male 5 random-sized ripe females in either clear or in turbid water. After spawning, we observed how many mates and eggs the male received and followed his parental behaviour and egg survival for 6 days under turbid or clear water conditions. When spawning took place in clear water, the number of eggs the male received into his nest increased with the total weight of five females in his tank. However, when spawning took place in turbid water, there was no relationship between female size and the number of eggs laid, although the number of females that spawned was the same as in clear water. The results indicate that females adjust the number of eggs they lay according to water turbidity. This could explain previous findings that mating success is more evenly distributed among males in turbid than clear water conditions. Significance statement The first responses of animals to human-induced changes in the environment are behavioural. Subtle changes in the behaviour of individuals can have profound consequences for populations and communities. Human-induced eutrophication, leading to algal blooms and water turbidity, is a major environmental problem in aquatic systems worldwide. Our results on the sand goby suggest a new mechanism by which water turbidity may affect fish mating systems and weaken sexual selection. When spawning takes place in clear water, the number of eggs accumulated in a males’ nest is an increasing function of the fecundity of the females. However, when spawning in turbid water, this positive relationship between female size and egg numbers disappears. We believe this is because females do not perceive the competition from other females in turbid water and therefore invest less in present reproduction.

Longevity and Male Mating Success in Drosophila pseudoobscura

1981 ◽  
Vol 117 (6) ◽  
pp. 1035-1039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles E. Taylor ◽  
Cindra Condra ◽  
Michael Conconi ◽  
Mary Prout
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Drosophila Pseudoobscura ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Male Mating Success

scholarly journals ADAPTATION AT SPECIFIC LOCI. IV. DIFFERENTIAL MATING SUCCESS AMONG GLYCOLYTIC ALLOZYME GENOTYPES OF COLIAS BUTTERFLIES

Genetics ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-175
Author(s):  
Ward B Watt ◽  
Patrick A Carter ◽  
Sally M Blower
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Initial Study ◽  
Heterozygote Advantage ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Genotype Distribution ◽  
Male Mating Success ◽  
Evolutionary Forces ◽  
Fitness Index ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Specific Variation

ABSTRACT Male mating success as a function of genotype is an important fitness component. It can be studied in wild populations, in species for which a given group of progeny has exactly one father, by determining genotypes of wild-caught mothers and of sufficient numbers of their progeny. Here, we study male mating success as a function of allozyme genotype at two glycolytic loci in Colias butterflies, in which sperm precedence is complete, so that the most recent male to mate fathers all of a female's subsequent progeny.—For the phosphoglucose isomerase, PGI, polymorphism, we predict mating advantage and disadvantage of male genotypes based on evaluation of their biochemical functional differences in the context of thermal-physiological-ecological constraints on the insects' flight activity. As predicted, we find major, significant advantage in mating success for kinetically favored genotypes, compared to the genotype distribution of males active with the sampled females in the wild. These effects are repeatable among samples and on different semispecies' genetic backgrounds.—Initial study of the phosphoglucomutase, PGM, polymorphism in the same samples reveals heterozygote advantage in male-mating success, compared to males active with the females sampled. This contrasts with a lack of correspondence between PGI and PGM genotypes in other fitness index or component differences.—Epistatic interactions in mating success between the two loci are absent.—There is no evidence for segregation distortion associated with the alleles of either primary locus studied, nor is there significant assortative mating.—These results extend our understanding of the specific variation studied and suggest that even loci closely related in function may have distinctive experience of evolutionary forces. Implications of the specificity of the effects seen are briefly discussed.

scholarly journals Male competition and the evolution of mating and life-history traits in experimental populations of Aedes aegypti

2019 ◽  
Vol 286 (1904) ◽  
pp. 20190591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alima Qureshi ◽  
Andrew Aldersley ◽  
Brian Hollis ◽  
Alongkot Ponlawat ◽  
Lauren J. Cator
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Male Competition ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Male Mating Success ◽  
Reproductive Control ◽  
Evolutionary Response ◽  
Mating Conditions

Aedes aegypti is an important disease vector and a major target of reproductive control efforts. We manipulated the opportunity for sexual selection in populations of Ae . aegypti by controlling the number of males competing for a single female. Populations exposed to higher levels of male competition rapidly evolved higher male competitive mating success relative to populations evolved in the absence of competition, with an evolutionary response visible after only five generations. We also detected correlated evolution in other important mating and life-history traits, such as acoustic signalling, fecundity and body size. Our results indicate that there is ample segregating variation for determinants of male mating competitiveness in wild populations and that increased male mating success trades-off with other important life-history traits. The mating conditions imposed on laboratory-reared mosquitoes are likely a significant determinant of male mating success in populations destined for release.

scholarly journals Behavioral Correlates of Male Mating Success in a Multisire Flock as Determined by DNA Fingerprinting

1991 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
pp. 1493-1498 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.E.J. JONES ◽  
J.A. MENCH
Keyword(s):  
Dna Fingerprinting ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Male Mating Success ◽  
Behavioral Correlates

scholarly journals Male display areas in exploded leks: the importance of food resources for male mating success

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1296-1307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan C. Alonso ◽  
Marina Magaña ◽  
Jose M. Álvarez-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Food Resources ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Male Mating Success ◽  
Male Display

Exploring the influence of individual courtship behaviors on male mating success in a blow fly

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 528-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie D. Jones ◽  
Phillip G. Byrne ◽  
James F. Wallman
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Male Mating Success ◽  
Blow Fly ◽  
Courtship Behaviors

scholarly journals Chromosomal polymorphism, morphological traits and male mating success in Leptysma argentina (Orthoptera)

Heredity ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 480-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
P C Colombo ◽  
S M Pensel ◽  
M I Remis
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Morphological Traits ◽  
Chromosomal Polymorphism ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Male Mating Success
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