Reproductive failure of dominant males in the poeciliid fish Limia perugiae determined by DNA fingerprinting
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- Hierarchical structures among male indlviduals in a population are frequently reflected ln differences in aggressive and reproductive behavior and access to the females. In general, sodal dominance requires the Investments, which in turn then may have to be compensated for by high reproductive success. However, this hypothesls has so far only been sufficiently tested in small mating groups (one or two males with one or two females) due to the difficulties of determining paternity by conventional methods. DNA fingerprinting overcomes theseHierarchical structures among male indlviduals in a population are frequently reflected ln differences in aggressive and reproductive behavior and access to the females. In general, sodal dominance requires the Investments, which in turn then may have to be compensated for by high reproductive success. However, this hypothesls has so far only been sufficiently tested in small mating groups (one or two males with one or two females) due to the difficulties of determining paternity by conventional methods. DNA fingerprinting overcomes these problems by offering the possibility to determine genetic relationships and mating patterns within larger groups [Borke, T. (1989) Trends Ecol. Evol. 4, 139-144]. We show here that in the poecUiid fish Limia perugitu, in small matlng groups the dominant male has 8 mating success of 100%, whereas ln larger groups lts contribution to the offspring unexpectedly drops to zero.…
Author: | Manfred Schartl, Claudia Erbelding-Denk, Sabine Holter, Indrajit Nanda, Michael Schmid, Johannes H. Schroder, Jörg T. Epplen |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61643 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Medizinische Fakultät / Theodor-Boveri-Institut für Biowissenschaften |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 1993 |
Source: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1993) , 90, 7064-7068 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie / 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften |
GND Keyword: | Physiologische Chemie |
Tag: | reproductive success; sexual selection; simple repetitive sequences; size polymorpbism; sodal domlnance |
Release Date: | 2011/12/07 |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |