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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.show moreshow less

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Author: Manfred Schartl, Claudia Erbelding-Denk, Sabine Holter, Indrajit Nanda, Michael Schmid, Johannes H. Schroder, Jörg T. Epplen
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):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht