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Harshman LG, Prout T. SPERM DISPLACEMENT WITHOUT SPERM TRANSFER IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER. Evolution 2017; 48:758-766. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1994.tb01359.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/1994] [Accepted: 05/18/1994] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Department of Evolution and Ecology; University of California; Davis California 95616
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Bercovitch FB. BODY SIZE, SPERM COMPETITION, AND DETERMINANTS OF REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN MALE SAVANNA BABOONS. Evolution 2017; 43:1507-1521. [PMID: 28564235 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1989.tb02600.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/1988] [Accepted: 04/25/1989] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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One component of sexual selection is sperm competition. It has been reasoned that the intensity of sperm competition may be reflected in the relative testicular sizes of animals. Among males residing in multimale breeding systems, testicular size is relatively larger than among males residing in unimale mating systems. Information on whether differences in testicular size within a species can account for differences in male reproductive success is unavailable for natural populations of primates. A population of six troops of savanna baboons in Kenya was surveyed for morphometric analysis, and one of these troops was the subject of extensive behavioral observations afterwards. Testicular weights could not be obtained, but measurements of linear dimensions were transformed into volumetric estimates. Male weight accounted for 30% of the variance in testicular volume. Neither body size nor testicular volume was associated with differences in male reproductive activity. The outcome of fights over access to females could not be related to male body size, and ejaculatory patterns of males were independent of testicle size. Both sperm competition and aggressive competition intensified during the four-day optimum conception period, but fights over access to consort females were infrequent. Among savanna baboons, the probability of an ejaculation resulting in a conception is fairly low, which may account for the infrequency of injurious fights. Although testicle size influences sperm production, it does not influence either the timing of mating or the fertilizing capacity of spermatozoa, and both of these factors probably account for a substantial fraction of the variance in male baboon paternity. Sperm competition is an adjunct to agonistic competition as a mechanism affecting male baboon reproductive success. It is concluded that male reproductive success in baboons is affected more by social factors than by morphological traits associated with size.
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- Fred B Bercovitch
- Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin, 1223 Capitol Court, Madison, WI, 53715
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Clinard CT, Barnes AK, Adler SG, Cooper MA. Winning agonistic encounters increases testosterone and androgen receptor expression in Syrian hamsters. Horm Behav 2016; 86:27-35. [PMID: 27619945 PMCID: PMC5159211 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Revised: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Winning aggressive disputes is one of several experiences that can alter responses to future stressful events. We have previously tested dominant and subordinate male Syrian hamsters in a conditioned defeat model and found that dominant individuals show less change in behavior following social defeat stress compared to subordinates and controls, indicating a reduced conditioned defeat response. Resistance to the effects of social defeat in dominants is experience-dependent and requires the maintenance of dominance relationships for 14days. For this study we investigated whether winning aggressive interactions increases plasma testosterone and whether repeatedly winning increases androgen receptor expression. First, male hamsters were paired in daily 10-min aggressive encounters and blood samples were collected immediately before and 15min and 30min after the formation of dominance relationships. Dominants showed an increase in plasma testosterone at 15min post-interaction compared to their pre-interaction baseline, whereas subordinates and controls showed no change in plasma testosterone. Secondly, we investigated whether 14days of dominant social status increased androgen or estrogen alpha-receptor immunoreactivity in brain regions that regulate the conditioned defeat response. Dominants showed more androgen, but not estrogen alpha, receptor immuno-positive cells in the dorsal medial amygdala (dMeA) and ventral lateral septum (vLS) compared to subordinates and controls. Finally, we showed that one day of dominant social status was insufficient to increase androgen receptor immunoreactivity compared to subordinates. These results suggest that elevated testosterone signaling at androgen receptors in the dMeA and vLS might contribute to the reduced conditioned defeat response exhibited by dominant hamsters.
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- Catherine T Clinard
- Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States
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Breedveld MC, Fitze PS. The timing and interval of mate encounter affects investment during mating. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Merel C. Breedveld
- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC); Avda Nuestra Señora de la Victoria 16 22700 Jaca Spain
- Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC); C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2 28006 Madrid Spain
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC); Avda Nuestra Señora de la Victoria 16 22700 Jaca Spain
- Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC); C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2 28006 Madrid Spain
- Department of Ecology and Evolution; University of Lausanne; Biophore 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
- Fundación Araid; Edificio CEEI Aragón; C/María de Luna 11 50018 Zaragoza Spain
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Fernández-Vargas M, Johnston RE. Ultrasonic vocalizations in golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) reveal modest sex differences and nonlinear signals of sexual motivation. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0116789. [PMID: 25714096 PMCID: PMC4340904 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Vocal signaling is one of many behaviors that animals perform during social interactions. Vocalizations produced by both sexes before mating can communicate sex, identity and condition of the caller. Adult golden hamsters produce ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) after intersexual contact. To determine whether these vocalizations are sexually dimorphic, we analyzed the vocal repertoire for sex differences in: 1) calling rates, 2) composition (structural complexity, call types and nonlinear phenomena) and 3) acoustic structure. In addition, we examined it for individual variation in the calls. The vocal repertoire was mainly composed of 1-note simple calls and at least half of them presented some degree of deterministic chaos. The prevalence of this nonlinear phenomenon was confirmed by low values of harmonic-to-noise ratio for most calls. We found modest sexual differences between repertoires. Males were more likely than females to produce tonal and less chaotic calls, as well as call types with frequency jumps. Multivariate analysis of the acoustic features of 1-note simple calls revealed significant sex differences in the second axis represented mostly by entropy and bandwidth parameters. Male calls showed lower entropy and inter-quartile bandwidth than female calls. Because the variation of acoustic structure within individuals was higher than among individuals, USV could not be reliably assigned to the correct individual. Interestingly, however, this high variability, augmented by the prevalence of chaos and frequency jumps, could be the result of increased vocal effort. Hamsters motivated to produce high calling rates also produced longer calls of broader bandwidth. Thus, the sex differences found could be the result of different sex preferences but also of a sex difference in calling motivation or condition. We suggest that variable and complex USV may have been selected to increase responsiveness of a potential mate by communicating sexual arousal and preventing habituation to the caller.
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- Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America
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Firman RC. Female fitness, sperm traits and patterns of paternity in an Australian polyandrous mouse. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1643-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Lidgard D, Bowen W, Boness D. Longitudinal changes and consistency in male physical and behavioural traits have implications for mating success in the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus). CAN J ZOOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1139/z2012-053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We examined age-related changes and consistency in physical and behavioural traits of 20 male grey seals ( Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791)) and implications for a proxy of mating success (number of oestrous females attended) over four successive breeding seasons on Sable Island, Canada. Across the study, young males (10–15 years) gained body mass, while old males (23–31 years) lost body mass. Body length was an important determinant of tenure (time spent at a site among females) and males of all ages exhibited a high level of consistency in duration of tenure (r = 0.40–0.50). In young males, our proxy of success showed a strong relationship with arrival body mass and also exhibited a high level of consistency (r = 0.50). None of the physical traits measured explained variation in success by exhibiting mating tactics that did not involve tenure, which is likely due to the opportunistic nature of those tactics. Whereas young male grey seals exhibited age-dependent improvements in success owing to changes in their physical state, later in life physical traits were less influential and suggest that nonphysical traits may compensate for a deteriorating physical state and its impact on male success.
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- D.C. Lidgard
- Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Population Ecology Division, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada
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- Department of Conservation Biology, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20008, USA
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Vaughn AA, Delbarco-Trillo J, Ferkin MH. Sperm investment in male meadow voles is affected by the condition of the nearby male conspecifics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 19:1159-1164. [PMID: 19529815 DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2008] [Revised: 06/13/2008] [Accepted: 06/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Sperm competition occurs when 2 or more males copulate with a particular female during the same reproductive cycle, and their sperm compete to fertilize the female's available eggs. One strategy that male voles use to assess the risk and intensity of sperm competition involves responding to the presence of scent marks of conspecific males found near a sexually receptive female. Previously, we have shown that if a male vole copulated with a female while he was in the presence of the odors of another male he increased his sperm investment relative to his investment if another male's odors were not present. The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that males assess differences in the relative quality of competing males and adjust their sperm investment accordingly. We did so by allowing males to copulate when they were exposed to the scent mark of a 24-h food-deprived male (low-quality male) or the scent mark of a male that was not food deprived (high-quality male). The data indicate that male meadow voles did not increase their sperm investment during copulation when exposed to the scent mark of a food-deprived male but did so when they were exposed to the scent mark of a male that was not food deprived. The results support the hypothesis that male voles are able to adjust sperm investment when they encounter the scent marks of males that differ in quality.
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- Ashlee A Vaughn
- Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Ellington Hall, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
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Delgado R, Fernández-Llario P, Azevedo M, Beja-Pereira A, Santos P. Paternity assessment in free-ranging wild boar (Sus scrofa) – Are littermates full-sibs? Mamm Biol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2007.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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MØLLER AP, BIRKHEAD TR. Copulation behaviour in mammals: evidence that sperm competition is widespread. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1989.tb01569.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Fritzsche P, Neumann K, Nasdal K, Gattermann R. Differences in reproductive success between laboratory and wild-derived golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) as a consequence of inbreeding. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0159-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Lidgard DC, Boness DJ, Bowen WD, McMillan JI. State-dependent male mating tactics in the grey seal: the importance of body size. Behav Ecol 2005. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nakagawa S, Waas JR. 'O sibling, where art thou?'--a review of avian sibling recognition with respect to the mammalian literature. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2004; 79:101-19. [PMID: 15005175 DOI: 10.1017/s1464793103006249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Avian literature on sibling recognition is rare compared to that developed by mammalian researchers. We compare avian and mammalian research on sibling recognition to identify why avian work is rare, how approaches differ and what avian and mammalian researchers can learn from each other. Three factors: (1) biological differences between birds and mammals, (2) conceptual biases and (3) practical constraints, appear to influence our current understanding. Avian research focuses on colonial species because sibling recognition is considered adaptive where 'mixing potential' of dependent young is high; research on a wider range of species, breeding systems and ecological conditions is now needed. Studies of acoustic recognition cues dominate avian literature; other types of cues (e.g. visual, olfactory) deserve further attention. The effect of gender on avian sibling recognition has yet to be investigated; mammalian work shows that gender can have important influences. Most importantly, many researchers assume that birds recognise siblings through 'direct familiarisation' (commonly known as associative learning or familiarity); future experiments should also incorporate tests for 'indirect familiarisation' (commonly known as phenotype matching). If direct familiarisation proves crucial, avian research should investigate how periods of separation influence sibling discrimination. Mammalian researchers typically interpret sibling recognition in broad functional terms (nepotism, optimal outbreeding); some avian researchers more successfully identify specific and testable adaptive explanations, with greater relevance to natural contexts. We end by reporting exciting discoveries from recent studies of avian sibling recognition that inspire further interest in this topic.
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- Shinichi Nakagawa
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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Setchell JM, Kappeler PM. Selection in Relation to Sex in Primates. ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3454(03)33003-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The effects of sexual selection and life history on the genetic structure of redfronted lemur, Eulemur fulvus rufus, groups. Anim Behav 2002. [DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.4003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Shimmin GA, Taggart DA, Temple-Smith PD. Sperm competition and genetic diversity in the agile antechinus (Dasyuridae: Antechinus agilis). J Zool (1987) 2000. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb00629.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mateo JM, Johnston RE. Kin recognition and the 'armpit effect': evidence of self-referent phenotype matching. Proc Biol Sci 2000; 267:695-700. [PMID: 10821615 PMCID: PMC1690595 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In species with multiple paternity or maternity, animals may best assess their relatedness to unfamiliar conspecifics by comparing their own phenotype(s) with those of unidentified individuals. Yet whether animals can recognize kin through self-matching is controversial. Because golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) mate multiply and can produce multiply sired litters, they were tested for their ability to use self-matching for kin recognition. Hamsters that were reared only with non-kin since birth responded differentially to odours of unfamiliar relatives and non-relatives. Postnatal association with kin was not necessary for this discrimination. Prenatal learning was unlikely because of delayed production and perception of social odours. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration that a vertebrate can use its own phenotype for kin-recognition purposes without prior experience with kin. By using itself as a referent, rather than its siblings or parents, a golden hamster may be better able to direct nepotism towards the most appropriate individuals. Kin discrimination via self-inspection may be especially important in nepotistic contexts (to identify most closely related conspecifics), whereas inclusion of the phenotypes of close kin as referents may be favoured in mate-choice contexts (to identify all related individuals).
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- J M Mateo
- Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7601, USA.
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Jackson TP. The social organization and breeding system of Brants' whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii). J Zool (1987) 1999. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1999.tb00995.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dziuk PJ. Factors that influence the proportion of offspring sired by a male following heterospermic insemination. Anim Reprod Sci 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0378-4320(95)01463-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Shimmin GA, Sofronidis G, Bowden DK, Temple-Smith PD. DNA fingerprinting to determine paternity in laboratory rat sperm competition experiments. Electrophoresis 1995; 16:1627-32. [PMID: 8582346 DOI: 10.1002/elps.11501601269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Prior to this study a significant amount of research had been undertaken in the field of sperm competition in mammals. However, males of different strains have been required in each of these studies to enable paternity assignment through gene expression, which has consequently resulted in problems with differential fertilising capacity being encountered. In this study paternity assignment of progeny from sperm competition experiments with Sprague Dawley rats was achieved by multilocus DNA fingerprinting using band locus matching of individual specific banding patterns between progeny and parents. Trials with 4 restriction enzymes and 5 digoxygenin labelled probes (4 oligonucleotide and 1 cloned) achieved the highest levels of DNA fingerprint heterozygosity using AluI(CAC)5 and HinfI(CAC)5 combinations; however, paternity could not be determined in all offspring, due to a higher than expected degree of inbreeding within the rat population used in this study. This was demonstrated in subsequent comparisons of genetic diversity of three laboratory rat breeding populations from two different animal breeding facilities. Data from the rat mating study showed that, under conditions of direct sperm competition, second males given access to a mated oestrus female either 0.5 or 6.0 h after the first mating consistently required less time than the first to ejaculate: 7.6 min vs. 19.5 min (0.5 h delay ); 7.8 min vs. 19.5 min (6.0 h delay). A second males siring advantage was identified using DNA fingerprinting in both delay groups for those offspring on which paternity could be determined: 0.5 h delay, 1st = 39%, 2nd = 61%; 6 h delay, 1st = 34%, 2nd = 66%.
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- G A Shimmin
- Anatomy Department, Monash University, Clayton, Vic, Australia
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Roldan ER, Gomendio M, Vitullo AD. The evolution of eutherian spermatozoa and underlying selective forces: female selection and sperm competition. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1992; 67:551-93. [PMID: 1463811 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185x.1992.tb01193.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We have examined sperm morphology and dimensions in Eutherian mammals. In most Eutherians, sperm heads are round or oval and spermatozoa have short tails (average sperm length about 65 microns; range = 33-121 microns). Rodents, however, clearly depart from the typical Eutherian pattern in that they show a broad array of head morphs and an extreme range of sperm dimensions (35-250 microns). In order to trace the evolutionary changes that rodent sperm have undergone, we have used phylogenetic relationships based on biogeographical, morphological, chromosomal and genic data, and we have superimposed onto them the information available on sperm traits. Analyses were carried out for five rodent groups on which enough information was available. The evolutionary trends which emerged from these studies have two main points in common: throughout evolution spermatozoa have become enlarged and morphologically more complex, and this process seems to have taken place independently in different lineages. A general model was developed which outlines the different evolutionary pathways that rodent sperm have undergone. The adaptive significance of the increase in head complexity and the elongation of the sperm tail remains obscure. We have integrated information from evolutionary, physiological and behavioural studies to address this issue. We argue that two main selective forces may have favoured these changes: female selection within the reproductive tract and sperm competition. The female tract represents a formidable barrier for spermatozoa and its provides an environment where numerous interactions take place. The extent of these barriers and the complexity of these poorly understood interactions suggest that females may be exercising a strong selection, which may enable them to favour particular types of spermatozoa or ejaculates from particular males. Throughout their evolution males must have evolved adaptations to overcome these barriers, and the conflicting interests of choosy females. Sperm competition is a potent evolutionary force among mammals, which has influenced not only the evolution of sperm numbers but also changes in sperm dimensions. Thus, sperm competition has favoured the elongation of the sperm tail, which has led to the attainment of faster swimming speed, an important factor when sperm from rival males compete to reach the ova first.
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- E R Roldan
- Department of Molecular Embryology, AFRC Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research, Babraham, Cambridge, UK
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Roldan E, Gomendio M. Morphological, functional and biochemical changes underlying the preparation and selection of fertilising spermatozoa ‘in vivo’. Anim Reprod Sci 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0378-4320(92)90093-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Sauther ML. Reproductive behavior of free-rangingLemur catta at Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1991. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330840409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Sperm competition, pregnancy initiation and litter size: influence of the amount of copulatory behaviour in Mongolian gerbils, Meriones unguiculatus. Anim Behav 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-3472(05)80521-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Spinka M. The effect of time of day on sperm competition and male reproductive success in laboratory rats. Physiol Behav 1990; 47:483-8. [PMID: 2359757 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(90)90113-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The study was designed to test the hypothesis that siring success of male rats depends on when during the receptivity period the matings occur. In Experiment 1, females were mated with pairs of males differing in coat colour genetic marker. The males copulated with the female successively, either about 1 hour apart at dusk (schedule AA) or about 1 hour apart around midnight (BB) or one at dusk and the other around midnight (AB). The males mating first had lesser siring success under the schedule AB than under the other two schedules. In Experiment 2, females were mated under the same regimen as in Experiment 1. One male of each competing pair had its spermatozoa labeled by 3H-thymidine. The proportions of spermatozoa of the labeled males were identified in samples from uterine horns and oviducts. Balanced contributions of both males were recorded in uterus in all groups. No definitive conclusion concerning oviductal sperm composition could be reached. In both experiments, night-mating males copulated more quickly. It is suggested that copulation at about midnight is advantageous in intermale reproductive competition and that the function of the diurnal variation in the speed of male sexual behaviour might be clarified on this ground.
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- M Spinka
- Research Institute of Animal Production, Uhrínĕves, Czechoslovakia
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Schwagmeyer P, Foltz D. Factors affecting the outcome of sperm competition in thirteen-lined ground squirrels. Anim Behav 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-3472(05)80735-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Cherry JA. Ultrasonic vocalizations by male hamsters: parameters of calling and effects of playbacks on female behaviour. Anim Behav 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-3472(89)80073-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Huck U, Tonias BA, Lisk RD. The effectiveness of competitive male inseminations in golden hamsters, Mesocricetus auratus, depends on an interaction of mating order, time delay between males, and the time of mating relative to ovulation. Anim Behav 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/0003-3472(89)90046-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Huck UW, Lisk RD, Kim S, Evans AB. Olfactory discrimination of estrous condition by the male golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus). BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL BIOLOGY 1989; 51:1-10. [PMID: 2705976 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-1047(89)90608-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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After repeated exposure to receptive and nonreceptive females, male golden hamsters were tested for olfactory preferences in a four-choice olfactometer. Males discriminated between the odor of anesthetized females in different stages of their estrous cycle when the airstreams carrying the stimulus odors were diluted. Previous failures to demonstrate such an ability were probably due to ceiling effects resulting from laboratory testing. Males preferred the odor of females on the day before receptivity (a day coincident with maximal scent marking by the female) and least preferred the odor of females on diestrus-1 (the day on which females attacked and chased males during pretesting encounters). Detection and quick response to an impending estrus would be especially important for males of a solitary and promiscuous species in which there is a first male mating advantage.
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- U W Huck
- Biology Program, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708
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This study evaluated the importance of dominance status on mate selection in Syrian hamsters. In one experiment, sexually receptive females were allowed to choose between tethered males which differed in status. The choice was consistently in favor of the dominant male. The female spent more time in lordosis in the presence of the dominant male. The dominant also obtained a significantly greater number of intromissions. A second experiment investigated whether prior familiarization was essential to permit a female to express mating preferences in a situation where she was free to interact with three males. Again, the dominants were most often preferred and obtained greater sexual access to the female. Prior familiarization or extensive contact with the males was not necessary to support the female's selection of the dominant as a mating partner. The choice occurred quickly, generally within 5 min after contacting the males. Although females did mate with the subordinates, this typically occurred late in the tests. The significance of these data with respect to mate choice and probable paternity effects are discussed.
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- Department of Psychological Science, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana 47306
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- Department of Anatomy, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140
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Birkhead T. Behavioral Aspects of Sperm Competition in Birds. ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3454(08)60309-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Simmons LW. Sperm competition as a mechanism of female choice in the field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00303211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Huck UW, Lisk RD, Allison JC, Dongen CV. Determinants of mating success in the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus): Social dominance and mating tactics under seminatural conditions. Anim Behav 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0003-3472(86)80156-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Huck UW, Lisk RD. Mating-induced inhibition of receptivity in the female golden hamster. I. Short-term and long-term effects. BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL BIOLOGY 1986; 45:107-19. [PMID: 3754134 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-1047(86)80010-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Female golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) which have actively terminated mating with one male will respond in succession to two or more novel males. However, mating with the first male results in a reduction in receptivity shown toward a second male, with the size of the decrease being proportional to the amount of copulatory stimuli provided by the first male. Furthermore, the decreased receptivity shown toward the second male results in his achieving fewer ejaculations. These effects are more pronounced when the second mating occurs 5 min or 8 h after the first mating than when it occurs 1 or 4 h later, suggesting both short-term and long-term inhibitory effects. Copulation with a single male also effects a 40% shortening of behavioral receptivity. In a promiscuous species such as the hamster, prolonged copulation by the male may enhance the short-term inhibition of female receptivity, thereby reducing the risk of subsequent sperm displacement. The long-term effect occurs too late to affect sperm competition and may, instead, function to reduce the risk of predation as a result of unnecessary further mating.
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