| Multiple mating and its relationship to brood size in pregnant fishes versus pregnant mammals and other viviparous vertebrates. | |
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PMID: 21482777 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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We summarize the literature on rates of multiple paternity and sire numbers per clutch in viviparous fishes vs. mammals, two vertebrate groups in which pregnancy is common but entails very different numbers of embryos (for species surveyed, piscine broods averaged >10-fold larger than mammalian litters). As deduced from genetic parentage analyses, multiple mating by the pregnant sex proved to be common in assayed species but averaged significantly higher in fish than mammals. However, within either of these groups we found no significant correlations between brood size and genetically deduced incidence of multiple mating by females. Overall, these findings offer little support for the hypothesis that clutch size in pregnant species predicts the outcome of selection for multiple mating by brooders. Instead, whatever factors promote multiple mating by members of the gestating sex seem to do so in surprisingly similar ways in live-bearing vertebrates otherwise as different as fish and mammals. Similar conclusions emerged when we extended the survey to viviparous amphibians and reptiles. One notion consistent with these empirical observations is that although several fitness benefits probably accrue from multiple mating, logistical constraints on mate-encounter rates routinely truncate multiple mating far below levels that otherwise could be accommodated, especially in species with larger broods. We develop this concept into a "logistical constraint hypothesis" that may help to explain these mating outcomes in viviparous vertebrates. Under the logistical constraint hypothesis, propensities for multiple mating in each species register a balance between near-universal fitness benefits from multiple mating and species-idiosyncratic logistical limits on polygamy. |
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Authors:
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John C Avise; Jin-Xian Liu |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2011-04-11 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Volume: 108 ISSN: 1091-6490 ISO Abbreviation: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-04-27 Completed Date: 2011-06-24 Revised Date: 2013-05-24 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7505876 Medline TA: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 7091-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. javise@uci.edu |
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Animals Clutch Size Female Fishes Male Mammals / physiology* Mating Preference, Animal / physiology* Models, Biological* Pregnancy / physiology* Viviparity, Nonmammalian / physiology* |
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