An experimental test of mate choice for red carotenoid coloration in the marine copepod Tigriopus californicus

Ethology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 344-352
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Powers ◽  
Geoffrey E. Hill ◽  
Ryan J. Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Experimental Test ◽  
Tigriopus Californicus ◽  
Marine Copepod ◽  
Carotenoid Coloration

scholarly journals On the bioconversion of dietary carotenoids to astaxanthin and its distribution in the marine copepod, Tigriopus californicus

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan J. Weaver ◽  
Paul A. Cobine ◽  
Geoffrey E. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Model System ◽  
Phenotypic Traits ◽  
Tigriopus Californicus ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Marine Copepod ◽  
Feeding Experiments ◽  
Carotenoid Coloration ◽  
Red Color ◽  
Ideal Model System ◽  
Red Coloration

AbstractRed carotenoid-based coloration is widely distributed across marine and terrestrial animals and has taken a prominent role in studies of how phenotypic traits evolve in response to natural and sexual selection. Key to these studies is an understanding of the physiological mechanisms that give rise to red coloration, yet an ideal model system for such work has not been identified. The red marine copepod Tigriopus californicus is used as a model system for studies in ecotoxicology, genetics, and physiology, but the mechanisms involved in its bright red coloration have not been well studied. Like nearly all animals that display red carotenoid coloration, T. californicus likely convert yellow carotenoids present in their algal diet to red carotenoids. We conducted precursor/product feeding experiments to demonstrate that T. californicus bioconverts dietary carotenoids to the red carotenoid, astaxanthin. In separate treatment groups, copepods were fed carotenoids that are precursors to specific astaxanthin bioconversion pathways. We found that copepods from each precursor pigment group produced astaxanthin, and that the amount produced depended on which carotenoid was supplemented. We also describe the distribution of astaxanthin in developing egg sacs and show that the red color of the naupliar eyespot is not due to astaxanthin. We briefly discuss the potential of Tigriopus californicus to serve as a model system for the study of carotenoid metabolism in animals.

Mate choice in the face of both inbreeding and outbreeding depression in the intertidal copepod Tigriopus californicus

2000 ◽  
Vol 136 (4) ◽  
pp. 693-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Palmer ◽  
S. Edmands
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Outbreeding Depression ◽  
Tigriopus Californicus ◽  
The Face

Brain development, song learning and mate choice in birds: a review and experimental test of the "nutritional stress hypothesis"

2002 ◽  
Vol 188 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1003-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nowicki S. ◽  
Searcy W. ◽  
Peters S.
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Brain Development ◽  
Experimental Test ◽  
Nutritional Stress ◽  
Song Learning

Isolation and characterization of cytochrome c from the marine copepod Tigriopus californicus

Gene ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 248 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul D. Rawson ◽  
Daniel A. Brazeau ◽  
Ronald S. Burton
Keyword(s):  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Tigriopus Californicus ◽  
Marine Copepod ◽  
Isolation And Characterization

Differentiation and Integration of the Genome in Populations of the Marine Copepod Tigriopus californicus

Evolution ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald S. Burton
Keyword(s):  
Tigriopus Californicus ◽  
Marine Copepod

Feeding deterrent and toxicity effects of apo-fucoxanthinoids and phycotoxins on a marine copepod ( Tigriopus californicus )

1997 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Shaw ◽  
R. J. Andersen ◽  
P. J. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Deterrent ◽  
Tigriopus Californicus ◽  
Marine Copepod ◽  
Toxicity Effects

DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION OF THE GENOME IN POPULATIONS OF THE MARINE COPEPOD TIGRIOPUS CALIFORNICUS

Evolution ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 504-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald S. Burton
Keyword(s):  
Tigriopus Californicus ◽  
Marine Copepod

Cultural influences on female mate choice: an experimental test in cowbirds,Molothrus ater

1999 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
TODD M. FREEBERG ◽  
SHAN D. DUNCAN ◽  
TRACEY L. KAST ◽  
DAVID A. ENSTROM
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Experimental Test ◽  
Molothrus Ater ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Female Mate Choice ◽  
Female Mate

scholarly journals An Experimental Test of Condition-Dependent Male and Female Mate Choice in Zebra Finches

PLoS ONE ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e23974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Jeanne Holveck ◽  
Nicole Geberzahn ◽  
Katharina Riebel
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Experimental Test ◽  
Female Mate Choice ◽  
Zebra Finches ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Mate

Sex Conversion Induced by Hydrostatic Pressure in the Marine Copepod Tigriopus californicus

Science ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 150 (3703) ◽  
pp. 1619-1621 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. D. Vacquier ◽  
W. L. Belser
Keyword(s):  
Hydrostatic Pressure ◽  
Tigriopus Californicus ◽  
Marine Copepod
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