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Truong L, King AJ. Lipid oxidation and antioxidant capacity in multigenerational heat stressed Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Poult Sci 2023; 102:103005. [PMID: 37647839 PMCID: PMC10472301 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.103005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023] Open
Abstract
In some areas of the world, climate-controlled poultry houses are not possible; thus, likely resulting in lower production measurements and poorer quality poultry products due to lipid oxidation during heat stress. In Japanese quail, heat stress can occur starting at 30˚C; however, as climate change becomes more severe, temperatures above 30˚C may become more frequent. Endogenous antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) can prevent further oxidation. The goal of this study was to determine if 10 generations of selection for low feed conversion ratio (FCR) in Japanese quail at 31.1˚C resulted in lower lipid oxidation and more antioxidant activity. The experimental design for adult tissues was 4 treatments × 2 sexes × 4 tissue types and for egg yolks was 4 treatments × 3 wk of lay with varying storage conditions. Lipid oxidation was determined in brain, liver, kidney, thigh, and yolk. SOD and CAT activities were determined in brain, liver, kidney, and thigh. ANOVA indicated significance at P ≤ 0.05. Results suggested that heat stress at 31.1˚C and 10 generations of selection for low FCR did not significantly affect lipid oxidation and antioxidant enzyme activities across all tissues. Tissue differences occurred in lipid oxidation and antioxidant enzyme activity. Brain had the most oxidation, followed by liver > kidney > thigh (P < 0.0004). Kidneys had significantly more CAT activity than brain, liver, and thigh. Brain and thigh had similar CAT activities. Thus, poultry products from quail raised at this temperature may have similar quality to those that are raised within their thermoneutral zone (18 to 30˚C). Future directions could include comparisons within the thermoneutral zone and incrementally higher temperatures to 1) to pinpoint the temperature when biochemical measurements in tissues associated with lipid oxidation begin to occur, 2) determine when total antioxidant capacity and lipid oxidation are significantly higher, and 3) ascertain SOD and CAT activity in day-of-lay yolks of eggs for future production to properly administer heat stress mitigation strategies.
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- Linda Truong
- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Malinowska K, Szala K, Podkowa P, Surmacki A. Effect of light intensity in the nest site on eggshell pigmentation in a hole-nesting passerine. Sci Rep 2023; 13:9764. [PMID: 37328505 PMCID: PMC10276044 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36658-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023] Open
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Daylight is an important factor necessary for the proper embryonic development of birds, which raises the question, what happens when birds nest in relatively dim sites? The study experimentally tested whether there is a relationship between light conditions at the nesting site and the protoporphyrin-based pigmentation in the eggshell of the Great Tit (Parus major). We hypothesised that at lower light levels, eggs are less pigmented to increase the amount of light reaching the embryo. Our study system consisted of two types of nest boxes: "dark", in which the only source of light was the entrance hole, and "bright", which had two additional side windows. Photographs of clutches taken during the incubation period were used to quantify eggshell pigmentation. Multispectral image analyses were performed to measure variables correlating with protoporphyrin content, such as spot brightness, average spot size, spotting coverage, and spot red chroma. Repeatability analysis indicated that eggshell colouration characteristics were significantly and moderately repeatable between eggs from a single clutch, which suggests that they are under genetic and environmental control. However, none of the pigmentation traits differed significantly between the two types of nest boxes. We speculate about other ecological aspects that might have influenced the observed variability in eggshell pigmentation.
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- Katarzyna Malinowska
- Population Ecology Lab, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614, Poznań, Poland.
- Department of Avian Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614, Poznań, Poland.
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- Department of Avian Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Avian Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Avian Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
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Virgin EE, Lewis EL, Lidgard AD, Kepas ME, Marchetti JR, Hudson SB, Smith GD, French SS. Egg viability and egg mass underlie immune tradeoffs and differences between urban and rural lizard egg yolk physiology. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2023; 337:114258. [PMID: 36870544 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2023.114258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Urbanization can cause innumerable abiotic and biotic changes that have the potential to influence the ecology, behavior, and physiology of native resident organisms. Relative to their rural conspecifics, urban Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana) populations in southern Utah have lower survival prospects and maximize reproductive investment via producing larger eggs and larger clutch sizes. While egg size is an important predictor of offspring quality, physiological factors within the egg yolk are reflective of the maternal environment and can alter offspring traits, especially during energetically costly processes, such as reproduction or immunity. Therefore, maternal effects may represent an adaptive mechanism by which urban-dwelling species can persist within a variable landscape. In this study, we assess urban and rural differences in egg yolk bacterial killing ability (BKA), corticosterone (CORT), oxidative status (d-ROMs), and energy metabolites (free glycerol and triglycerides), and their association with female immune status and egg quality. Within a laboratory setting, we immune challenged urban lizards via lipopolysaccharide injection (LPS) to test whether physiological changes associated with immune system activity impacted egg yolk investment. We found urban females had higher mite loads than rural females, however mite burden was related to yolk BKA in rural eggs, but not urban eggs. While yolk BKA differed between urban and rural sites, egg mass and egg viability (fertilized vs. unfertilized) were strong predictors of yolk physiology and may imply tradeoffs exist between maintenance and reproduction. LPS treatment caused a decrease in egg yolk d-ROMs relative to the control treatments, supporting results from previous research. Finally, urban lizards laid a higher proportion of unfertilized eggs, which differed in egg yolk BKA, CORT, and triglycerides in comparison to fertilized eggs. Because rural lizards laid only viable eggs during this study, these results suggest that reduced egg viability is a potential cost of living in an urban environment. Furthermore, these results help us better understand potential downstream impacts of urbanization on offspring survival, fitness, and overall population health.
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- Emily E Virgin
- Department of Biology, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA; Ecology Center, Utah State University, 5205 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA; Ecology Center, Utah State University, 5205 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA; Ecology Center, Utah State University, 5205 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Utah Tech University, St. George, UT 84770, USA
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA; Ecology Center, Utah State University, 5205 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA; Ecology Center, Utah State University, 5205 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Utah Tech University, St. George, UT 84770, USA
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA; Ecology Center, Utah State University, 5205 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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Meniri M, Evans E, Thompson FJ, Marshall HH, Nichols HJ, Lewis G, Holt L, Davey E, Mitchell C, Johnstone RA, Cant MA, Blount JD. Untangling the oxidative cost of reproduction: An analysis in wild banded mongooses. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e8644. [PMID: 35342583 PMCID: PMC8928901 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The cost of reproduction plays a central role in evolutionary theory, but the identity of the underlying mechanisms remains a puzzle. Oxidative stress has been hypothesized to be a proximate mechanism that may explain the cost of reproduction. We examine three pathways by which oxidative stress could shape reproduction. The “oxidative cost” hypothesis proposes that reproductive effort generates oxidative stress, while the “oxidative constraint” and “oxidative shielding” hypotheses suggest that mothers mitigate such costs through reducing reproductive effort or by pre‐emptively decreasing damage levels, respectively. We tested these three mechanisms using data from a long‐term food provisioning experiment on wild female banded mongooses (Mungos mungo). Our results show that maternal supplementation did not influence oxidative stress levels, or the production and survival of offspring. However, we found that two of the oxidative mechanisms co‐occur during reproduction. There was evidence of an oxidative challenge associated with reproduction that mothers attempted to mitigate by reducing damage levels during breeding. This mitigation is likely to be of crucial importance, as long‐term offspring survival was negatively impacted by maternal oxidative stress. This study demonstrates the value of longitudinal studies of wild animals in order to highlight the interconnected oxidative mechanisms that shape the cost of reproduction.
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- Magali Meniri
- College of Life & Environmental Sciences Centre for Ecology & Conservation University of Exeter Penryn UK
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- College of Life & Environmental Sciences Centre for Ecology & Conservation University of Exeter Penryn UK
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- College of Life & Environmental Sciences Centre for Ecology & Conservation University of Exeter Penryn UK
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- College of Life & Environmental Sciences Centre for Ecology & Conservation University of Exeter Penryn UK
- Whitelands College Centre for Research in Ecology, Evolution & Behaviour University of Roehampton London UK
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- Department of Biosciences Swansea University Swansea UK
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- College of Life & Environmental Sciences Centre for Ecology & Conservation University of Exeter Penryn UK
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- College of Life & Environmental Sciences Centre for Ecology & Conservation University of Exeter Penryn UK
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- College of Life & Environmental Sciences Centre for Ecology & Conservation University of Exeter Penryn UK
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- College of Life & Environmental Sciences Centre for Ecology & Conservation University of Exeter Penryn UK
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- College of Life & Environmental Sciences Centre for Ecology & Conservation University of Exeter Penryn UK
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Romero-Haro AÁ, Pérez-Rodríguez L, Tschirren B. Intergenerational Costs of Oxidative Stress: Reduced Fitness in Daughters of Mothers That Experienced High Levels of Oxidative Damage during Reproduction. Physiol Biochem Zool 2021; 95:1-14. [PMID: 34812695 DOI: 10.1086/717614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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AbstractParental condition transfer effects occur when the parents' physiological state during reproduction affects offspring performance. Oxidative damage may mediate such effects, yet evidence that oxidative damage experienced by parents during reproduction negatively affects offspring fitness is scarce and limited to early life stages. We show in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) that maternal levels of oxidative damage, measured during reproduction, negatively predict the number of offspring produced by daughters. This maternal effect on daughters' reproductive success was mediated by an effect on hatching success rather than on the number of eggs laid by daughters. We also observed a negative association between fathers' oxidative damage levels and the number of eggs laid by daughters but a positive association between fathers' oxidative damage levels and the hatching success of those eggs. These opposing paternal effects canceled each other out, resulting in no overall effect on the number of offspring produced by daughters. No significant association between a female's own level of oxidative damage during reproduction and her reproductive success was observed. Our results suggest that oxidative damage experienced by parents is a better predictor of an individual's reproductive performance than oxidative damage experienced by the individual itself. Although the mechanisms underlying these parental condition transfer effects are currently unknown, changes in egg composition or (epi)genetic alterations of gametes may play a role. These findings highlight the importance of an intergenerational perspective when quantifying costs of physiological stress.
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Díaz-Lora S, Pérez-Contreras T, Azcárate-García M, Peralta-Sánchez JM, Martínez-Bueno M, José Soler J, Martín-Vivaldi M. Cosmetic coloration of cross-fostered eggs affects paternal investment in the hoopoe ( Upupa epops). Proc Biol Sci 2021; 288:20203174. [PMID: 33947236 PMCID: PMC8097196 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.3174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The signalling hypothesis suggests that avian eggshell coloration is a sexually selected female signal advertising her quality to its male partner, thereby stimulating his provisioning rate. This hypothesis has been tested for structural eggshell pigments, but not for cosmetic colorations, such as that produced by the uropygial secretion on eggshells. During the breeding season, female hoopoes (Upupa epops) host in their uropygial glands symbiotic bacteria. Females actively smear the eggshells with their secretion, protecting embryos from pathogenic trans-shell infections and changing eggshell coloration. Because the colour of the secretions is related to their antimicrobial potential, cosmetic eggshell coloration may act as a cue or even as a post-mating sexually selected signal if it affects male provisioning rates. To experimentally test this hypothesis, we cross-fostered already-smeared clutches between hoopoe nests, and quantified male feeding behaviour to females before and after the experiment. This approach allows disentanglement of the effects of female quality and of egg coloration on male investment. In accordance with the hypothesis, males adjusted their provisioning rate to the eggshell cosmetic coloration. This is, to our knowledge, the first experimental demonstration that egg colour stained with uropygial secretion could act as a post-mating sexual signal of female quality to males.
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- Silvia Díaz-Lora
- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Granada, Spain
- Unidad asociada: Coevolución: cucos, hospedadores y bacterias simbiontes, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA-CSIC), Almería, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Granada, Spain
- Unidad asociada: Coevolución: cucos, hospedadores y bacterias simbiontes, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Granada, Spain
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- Unidad asociada: Coevolución: cucos, hospedadores y bacterias simbiontes, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Granada, Spain
- Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA-CSIC), Almería, Spain
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- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Granada, Spain
- Unidad asociada: Coevolución: cucos, hospedadores y bacterias simbiontes, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Granada, Spain
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Messina S, Edwards DP, AbdElgawad H, Beemster GTS, Tomassi S, Benedick S, Eens M, Costantini D. Impacts of selective logging on the oxidative status of tropical understorey birds. J Anim Ecol 2020; 89:2222-2234. [PMID: 32535926 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Selective logging is the dominant form of human disturbance in tropical forests, driving changes in the abundance of vertebrate and invertebrate populations relative to undisturbed old-growth forests. A key unresolved question is understanding which physiological mechanisms underlie different responses of species and functional groups to selective logging. Regulation of oxidative status is thought to be one major physiological mechanism underlying the capability of species to cope with environmental changes. Using a correlational cross-sectional approach, we compared a number of oxidative status markers among 15 understorey bird species in unlogged and selectively logged forest in Borneo in relation to their feeding guild. We then tested how variation of markers between forest types was associated with that in population abundance. Birds living in logged forests had a higher activity of the antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase and a different regulation of the glutathione cycle compared to conspecific birds in unlogged forest. However, neither oxidative damage nor oxidized glutathione differed between forest types. We also found that omnivores and insectivores differed significantly in all markers related to the key cellular antioxidant glutathione irrespective of the forest type. Species with higher levels of certain antioxidant markers in a given type of forest were less abundant in that forest type compared to the other. Our results suggest that there was little long-term effect of logging (last logging rotation occurred ~15 years prior to the study) on the oxidative status of understorey bird species. However, it is unclear if this was owing to plasticity or evolutionary change. Our correlative results also point to a potential negative association between some antioxidants and population abundance irrespective of the forest type.
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- Simone Messina
- Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Botany and Microbiology Department, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- School of Sustainable Agriculture, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
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- Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Unité Physiologie Moléculaire et Adaptation (PhyMA), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Paris, France
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Hodges KE, Mortimer NT, Vrailas-Mortimer AD, Sakaluk SK, Thompson CF. Connecting the dots: avian eggshell pigmentation, female condition and paternal provisioning effort. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2020; 130:114-127. [PMID: 32394988 DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Differences in avian eggshell pigmentation could be an honest signal of female quality that males use to inform their nestling provisioning effort. We investigated whether among-individual variation in protoporphyrin-based eggshell pigmentation in house wrens (Troglodytes aedon) reflects female fitness-associated traits and whether males use that information. Females laying lighter clutches were older and larger than females laying darker clutches. Nestlings hatching from lighter clutches had greater size-corrected mass on post-hatch day 11, a measure that strongly predicts survival and recruitment to the breeding population. To test whether male provisioning effort responds to clutch pigmentation, we used a reciprocal clutch cross-fostering design, swapping dark with light clutches and light with dark; in controls, we swapped light with light clutches and dark with dark. Shortly before hatching, clutches were returned to their original nest to avoid confounding effects of nestling quality on male provisioning. Contrary to the sexual selection hypothesis, clutch pigmentation had no effect on male provisioning. Males were probably able to observe eggshell pigmentation and thus had information about female quality, but they did not use this information to modulate their nestling provisioning. This may be because of constraints on species-specific reproductive opportunities, or because variation in eggshell protoporphyrin serves other functions.
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- Kara E Hodges
- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University,Normal,IL,USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University,Normal,IL,USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University,Normal,IL,USA
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Morosinotto C, Thomson RL, Korpimäki E, Mateo R, Ruuskanen S. Maternal food supplementation and perceived predation risk modify egg composition and eggshell traits but not offspring condition. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 222:jeb.201954. [PMID: 31548290 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.201954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mothers may vary resource allocation to eggs and embryos, which may affect offspring fitness and prepare them for future environmental conditions. The effects of food availability and predation risk on reproduction have been extensively studied, yet their simultaneous impacts on reproductive investment and offspring early life conditions are still unclear. We experimentally manipulated these key environmental elements using a 2×2 full factorial design in wild, free-living pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca), and measured egg composition, eggshell traits and offspring condition. Eggs laid in food-supplemented nests had larger yolks and thicker shells independently of predation risk, while eggs laid in nests exposed to predator cues had lower levels of immunoglobulins, independent of food supplementation. In nests without predator cues, shell biliverdin content was higher in eggs laid in food-supplemented nests. Incubation was 1 day shorter in food-supplemented nests and shorter incubation periods were associated with higher hatching success, but there were no direct effects of maternal treatment on hatching success. To investigate the impact of maternal treatment (via egg composition) on the offspring, we performed full brood cross-fostering after hatching to unmanipulated nests. Maternal treatment did not significantly affect body mass and immunoglobulin levels of offspring. Our results suggest that although prenatal maternal cues affected egg composition, these egg-mediated effects may not have detectable consequences for offspring growth or immune capacity. Unpredictable environmental stressors may thus affect parental investment in the eggs, but parental care may level off costs and benefits of differential maternal egg allocation.
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- Chiara Morosinotto
- Novia University of Applied Sciences, Bioeconomy Research Team, Raseborgsvägen 9, Ekenäs, 10600, Finland .,Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, University of Turku, Turku 20014, Finland
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- Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, University of Turku, Turku 20014, Finland.,FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, University of Turku, Turku 20014, Finland
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, 13005 Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, University of Turku, Turku 20014, Finland
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Sampaio DMDR, Estrela FN, Mendes BDO, Estrela DDC, Montalvão MF, Mesak C, Silva FG, Araújo APDC, de Freitas CS, Gontijo BV, Rodrigues ASDL, Malafaia G. Ingestion of tannery effluent as a risk factor to the health of birds: A toxicological study using Coturnix coturnix japonica as a model system. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 681:275-291. [PMID: 31103665 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Revised: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Tannery industries generate large amounts of tannery effluents (TE), which have been considered highly toxic to various groups of animals. However, the identification and characterization of the impact of this mix of pollutants on birds is still highly incipient. So, our goal was to evaluate the possible biological changes of Coturnix coturnix japonica, exposed for 45 days, to different dilutions of TE (1.4%, 3.1% and 6.5%), using behavioural biomarkers, mutagenics and egg production. When submitted to the behavioural tests, quails that ingested TE presented behaviour compatible with an anxiolytic effect in the open field test; absence of emotional reactivity in the object recognition test; reduced rates of predation of Tenebrio molitor larvae (potential prey); as well as an anti-predatory defensive response deficit when confronted, especially with Felis catus males (potential predator). In addition, we observed increased biomass of the liver, increased feed conversion index and lower feed efficiency index; mutagenic effect of TE (inferred by the increase of nuclear erythrocyte abnormalities); reduced productive performance and egg quality, in addition to different staining patterns of the eggs produced by quails from the control group. Therefore, our study confirms the toxicity of TE in C. coturnix japonica, even in small dilutions. While behavioural changes demonstrate the neurotoxic potential of the pollutant, the other alterations suggest that the mechanisms of action of its chemical constituents are not selective, that is, they act systemically, acting synergistic, antagonistic or additively, causing harmful effects in animals.
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- Douglas Marcel Dos Reis Sampaio
- Post-graduation Program in Cerrado Natural Resource Conservation and Biological Research Laboratory, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Urutaí Campus, GO, Brazil
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- Post-graduation Program in Cerrado Natural Resource Conservation and Biological Research Laboratory, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Urutaí Campus, GO, Brazil
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- Post-graduation Program in Cerrado Natural Resource Conservation and Biological Research Laboratory, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Urutaí Campus, GO, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Sul-rio-grandense - Jaguarão Campus, Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil
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- Post-graduation Program in Cerrado Natural Resource Conservation and Biological Research Laboratory, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Urutaí Campus, GO, Brazil
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- Post-graduation Program in Cerrado Natural Resource Conservation and Biological Research Laboratory, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Urutaí Campus, GO, Brazil
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- Post-graduation Program in Cerrado Natural Resource Conservation and Biological Research Laboratory, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Urutaí Campus, GO, Brazil
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- Post-graduation Program in Chemistry, Universidade Federal de Goiás - Samambaia Campus, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Post-graduation Program in Chemistry, Universidade Federal de Goiás - Samambaia Campus, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Post-graduation Program in Cerrado Natural Resource Conservation and Biological Research Laboratory, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Urutaí Campus, GO, Brazil
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- Post-graduation Program in Cerrado Natural Resource Conservation and Biological Research Laboratory, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Urutaí Campus, GO, Brazil.
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Holveck MJ, Guerreiro R, Perret P, Doutrelant C, Grégoire A. Eggshell coloration indicates female condition during egg-laying: a field experiment in blue tits. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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AbstractSeveral selection pressures may explain the evolution of avian eggshell coloration patterns. In cavity-nesting species, there are two main non-exclusive hypotheses. The sexually selected eggshell colour hypothesis proposes that eggshell coloration is a sexually selected signal of female and offspring quality used by males that influences paternal care or future re-mating decisions. The structural function hypothesis proposes that pigments help strengthen the eggshell and are present at higher levels and at the blunt end of the egg when females face calcium shortages. We tested whether eggshell coloration (brown spots on a white ground colour) in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) could reliably indicate female condition at laying by forcing females to produce two consecutive clutches, thus increasing their reproductive costs. Three measures of eggshell coloration – the area covered by spots as well as white ground UV-chroma and brightness – changed between clutches; the fourth measure, spot distribution, did not. The changes were more dramatic in young and lower-quality females. All the measures varied with female quality (i.e. body condition and/or laying date). Overall, higher-quality females produced more colourful (larger, more concentrated spotted surface area; higher UV-chroma) and less bright (i.e. putatively more pigmented) eggshells, a result that is generally in line with past research. We found a clear empirical link between eggshell coloration and female condition in blue tits, an important step in determining whether eggshell coloration is a sexual signal, but which does not exclude a potential concomitant structural function.
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- Marie-Jeanne Holveck
- CEFE UMR 5175, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CEFE UMR 5175, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CEFE UMR 5175, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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Antioxidant capacity is repeatable across years but does not consistently correlate with a marker of peroxidation in a free-living passerine bird. J Comp Physiol B 2019; 189:283-298. [DOI: 10.1007/s00360-019-01211-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Podofillini S, Cecere JG, Griggio M, Corti M, De Capua EL, Parolini M, Saino N, Serra L, Rubolini D. Benefits of extra food to reproduction depend on maternal condition. OIKOS 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.06067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Stefano Podofillini
- Dipto di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Univ. degli Studi di Milano via Celoria 26, IT‐20133 Milano Italy
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- Area Avifauna Migratrice, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA) Ozzano Emilia (BO) Italy
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- Dipto di Biologia, Univ. degli Studi di Padova Padova Italy
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- Dipto di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Univ. degli Studi di Milano via Celoria 26, IT‐20133 Milano Italy
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- Dipto di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Univ. degli Studi di Milano via Celoria 26, IT‐20133 Milano Italy
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- Dipto di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Univ. degli Studi di Milano via Celoria 26, IT‐20133 Milano Italy
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- Area Avifauna Migratrice, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA) Ozzano Emilia (BO) Italy
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- Dipto di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Univ. degli Studi di Milano via Celoria 26, IT‐20133 Milano Italy
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Injaian AS, Taff CC, Patricelli GL. Experimental anthropogenic noise impacts avian parental behaviour, nestling growth and nestling oxidative stress. Anim Behav 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Holveck MJ, Grégoire A, Guerreiro R, Staszewski V, Boulinier T, Gomez D, Doutrelant C. Kittiwake eggs viewed by conspecifics and predators: implications for colour signal evolution. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blx065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Ruuskanen S, Morosinotto C, Thomson RL, Ratnayake CP, Korpimäki E. Food supplementation, but not predation risk, alters female antioxidant status during breeding. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-017-2299-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Poláček M, Griggio M, Mikšík I, Bartíková M, Eckenfellner M, Hoi H. Eggshell coloration and its importance in postmating sexual selection. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:941-949. [PMID: 28168030 PMCID: PMC5288260 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2016] [Revised: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Avian eggshell color seems to fulfill multiple functions, some of them being structural and others signaling. In this study, we tested whether or not eggshell coloration may play a role in sexual selection of Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus). According to the "Sexually selected eggshell coloration" hypothesis, eggshell coloration signals female, egg or chick quality and males adjust parental investment according to this signal. Eggs of this species are covered with brown spots and patches, and variation between clutches is high. We found that eggshell coloration correlates with both protoporphyrin and biliverdin, but protoporphyrin concentrations are ten times higher. Eggshell coloration reflects egg and offspring quality, but not female quality. Thus, eggshell coloration may signal female postmating investment in offspring rather than female quality. Furthermore, differential allocation in terms of maternal investment is supported by the fact that females lay more pigmented clutches when mated to males with bigger melanin-based ornaments relative to their own. Moreover, males invested proportionally more to chicks that hatched from more pigmented clutches. Our correlative results thus seem to support a role of sexual selection in the evolution of eggshell coloration in birds laying brown eggs, pigmented mainly by protoporphyrin.
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- Miroslav Poláček
- Institute of Zoology Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava Slovakia; Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna Vienna Austria; Department of Biology University of Padova Padova Italy
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry Faculty of Chemical Technology University of Pardubice Pardubice Czech Republic
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- Institute of Zoology Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava Slovakia; Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna Vienna Austria
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna Vienna Austria
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Poisbleau M, Beaulieu M, Dehnhard N, Demongin L, Lepoint G, Sturaro N, Eens M. Extreme intra-clutch egg size dimorphism is not coupled with corresponding differences in antioxidant capacity and stable isotopes between eggs. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2017; 205:77-85. [PMID: 28062221 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Revised: 12/03/2016] [Accepted: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Oviparous females need to allocate resources optimally to their eggs in order to maximize their fitness. Among these resources, dietary antioxidants, acquired by females and transferred to the eggs during egg formation, can greatly affect the development and survival of the embryo and chick. In crested penguins, incubation starts after the second and last egg is laid and, as opposed to many other bird species, this egg hatches first, thereby enhancing the survival of the chick. Here, we assessed whether antioxidant and isotopic composition could underlie these differences between eggs within clutches of southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome). The second-laid egg had higher total antioxidant capacity than the first-laid egg, although this was not due to higher antioxidant concentration but to its higher mass. This suggests that resources are allocated by females at a constant rate in both eggs within clutches. Accordingly, we found a strong correlation for isotopic compositions between eggs suggesting that resources were allocated similarly to each egg within the clutch. Overall, we found little evidence for a significant role of antioxidant and isotopic compositions to explain differences in terms of embryo/chick development between eggs in crested penguins. However, since our results suggest a constant rate of antioxidant transfer from females to eggs, limiting the mass of the first-laid egg might represent a strategy for females to spare antioxidant defences and preserve self-maintenance.
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- Maud Poisbleau
- Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerp (Wilrijk), Belgium.
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- Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald, Johann-Sebastian Bach Str. 11/12, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerp (Wilrijk), Belgium
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- Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerp (Wilrijk), Belgium
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- Laboratory of Oceanology, FOCUS UR, University of Liège, B6C, 4000 Liège, Sart Tilman, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Oceanology, FOCUS UR, University of Liège, B6C, 4000 Liège, Sart Tilman, Belgium
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- Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerp (Wilrijk), Belgium
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Taylor JJ, Sopinka NM, Wilson SM, Hinch SG, Patterson DA, Cooke SJ, Willmore WG. Examining the relationships between egg cortisol and oxidative stress in developing wild sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2016; 200:87-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2015] [Revised: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Hargitai R, Boross N, Nyiri Z, Eke Z. Biliverdin- and protoporphyrin-based eggshell pigmentation in relation to antioxidant supplementation, female characteristics and egg traits in the canary (Serinus canaria). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-016-2214-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Pick JL, Hutter P, Ebneter C, Ziegler AK, Giordano M, Tschirren B. Artificial selection reveals the energetic expense of producing larger eggs. Front Zool 2016; 13:38. [PMID: 27559356 PMCID: PMC4995767 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-016-0172-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The amount of resources provided by the mother before birth has important and long-lasting effects on offspring fitness. Despite this, there is a large amount of variation in maternal investment seen in natural populations. Life-history theory predicts that this variation is maintained through a trade-off between the benefits of high maternal investment for the offspring and the costs of high investment for the mother. However, the proximate mechanisms underlying these costs of reproduction are not well understood. Here we used artificial selection for high and low maternal egg investment in a precocial bird, the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) to quantify costs of maternal reproductive investment. RESULTS We show that females from the high maternal investment lines had significantly larger reproductive organs, which explained their overall larger body mass, and resulted in a higher resting metabolic rate (RMR). Contrary to our expectations, this increase in metabolic activity did not lead to a higher level of oxidative damage. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first to provide experimental evidence for metabolic costs of increased per offspring investment.
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- Joel L. Pick
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Costantini D, Casasole G, AbdElgawad H, Asard H, Eens M. Experimental evidence that oxidative stress influences reproductive decisions. Funct Ecol 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- David Costantini
- Department of Biology Ethology Group University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
- IBAHCM University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ UK
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- Department of Biology Ethology Group University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
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- Molecular Plant Physiology and Biotechnology Group Department of Biology University of Antwerp Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp Belgium
- Department of Botany Faculty of Science University of Beni‐Suef Beni‐Suef 62511 Egypt
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- Molecular Plant Physiology and Biotechnology Group Department of Biology University of Antwerp Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp Belgium
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- Department of Biology Ethology Group University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
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