Use of microsatellite paternity analysis to determine male mating success in the western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 795-814

  Deaton, Raelynn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Sam Houston State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coercive mating; Competition; Male size; Mating success; Microsatellite paternity analysis; Mosquitofish

Indexed keywords

GAMBUSIA AFFINIS;

EID: 41349094850     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908783929151     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Anderrson, M. (1994). Sexual selection. - Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
2. Bisazza, A. & Marin, G. (1991). Male size and female mate choice in the eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki, Poeciliidae). - Copeia: 730-735.
3. Bisazza, A. & Marin, G. (1995). Sexual selection and sexual size dimorphism in the eastern mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki (Pisces Poeciliidae). - Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 7: 169-183.
4. Bisazza, A. & Pilastra, A. (1997). Small male mating advantage and reversed size dimorphism in poeciliid fishes. - J. Fish. Biol. 50: 397-406.
5. Bisazza, A., Manfredi, S. & Pilastra, A. (2000). Sexual competition, coercive mating and mate assessment in the one-sided livebearer, Jenynsia multidentata: are they predictive of sexual dimorphism? - Ethology 106: 961-978.
6. Bisazza, A., Vaccari, G. & Pilastra, A. (2001). Female mate choice in a mating system dominated by male sexual coercion. - Behav. Ecol. 12: 59-64.
7. Brown, H. & Prescott, R. (1999). Applied mixed models in medicine. - Wiley, Chichester.
8. Burkhart, CA., Norris, M.D. & Haber, M. (2002). A simple method for the isolation of genomic DNA from, mouse tail free of real-time PCR inhibitors. - J. Biochem. Biophysiol. Methods 52: 145-149.
9. Campton, D.E. & Gall, G.A.E. (1988). Responses to selection for body size and age at sexual maturity in the mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis. - Aquaculture 68: 221-241.
10. Candolin, U. (2005). Why do multiple traits determine mating success? Differential use in female choice and male competition in a water boatman. - Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 272: 47-52.
11. Constantz, G. (1989). Reproductive biology of poeciliid fishes. - In: Ecology and evolution of livebearing fishes (Poeciliidae) (Meffe, G. & Snelson, F.F., eds). Academic Press, Orlando, FL, p. 465-485.
12. Erbelding-Denk, C., Schroder, J.H., Schartl, M., Nanda, I., Schmid, M. & Epplen, J.T. (1994). Male polymorphism in Limia perugiae (Pisces, Poeciliidae). - Behav. Genet. 24: 95-101.
13. Fisher, D.O., Double, M.C. & Morre, B.D. (2006). Number of mates and timing of mating affect offspring growth in the small marsupial Antechinus agilis. - Anim. Behav. 71: 289-297.
14. Friedl, T.W.P. & Klump, G.M. (2005). Sexual selection in the lek-breeding European treefrog: body size, chorus attendance, random, mating and good genes. - Anim. Behav. 70: 1141-1154.
15. Gould, J.L., Elliot, S.L., Masters, C.M. & Mukerji, J. (1999). Female preferences in a fish genus without female mate choice. - Curr. Biol. 9: 497-500.
16. Gozlan, R.E., Flower, C.J. & Pinder, A.C. (2003). Reproductive success in male sunbleak, a recent invasive fish species in the UK. - J. Fish. Biol. 63: S131-143.
17. Green, J.M. & Brown, K.L. (1991). Demographic and genetic characteristics of multiply inseminated female mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis). - Copeia 1991: 434-444.
18. Gross, M.R. (1991). Evolution of alternative reproductive strategies: frequency-dependent sexual selection in male bluegill sunfish. - Phil. Trans. Biol. Sci. 332: 59-66.
19. Gross, M.R. (1996). Alternative reproductive strategies and tactics: diversity within sexes. - Trends Ecol. Evol. 11: 92-98.
20. Haley, M.P., Deutsch, C.J. & Le Boeuf, B.J. (1994). Size, dominance and copulatory success in male northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris. - Anim. Behav. 48: 1249-1260.
21. Hecker, K.H. & Roux, K.H. (1996). High and low annealing temperatures increase both specificity and yield in touchdown and stepdown PCR. - Biotechniques 20: 478-485.
22. Houde, A. (1997). Sex, color, and mate choice in guppies. - Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
23. Hubbs, C. (1991). Intrageneric cannibalism in Gambusia. - Southwestern Nat. 36: 153-157.
24. Huelett, S.T., Weeks, S.C. & Meffe, G.K. (1995). Lipid dynamics and growth relative to resource level in juvenile eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki; Poeciliidae). Copeia: 97-104.
25. Hughes, A. (1985). Male size, mating success, and mating strategy in the mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis (Poeciliidae). -Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 17: 271-278.
26. Kissner, K.J., Weatherhead, P.J. & Gibbs, H.L. (2005). Experimental assessment of ecological and phenotypic factors affecting male mating success and polyandry in northern watersnakes, Nerodia sipedon. - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 59: 207-214.
27. Kodric-Brown, A. (1989). Dietary carotenoids and male mating success in the guppy: an environmental component to female choice. - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 25: 393-401.
28. Krotzer, M.J. (1990). The effects of induced masculinization on reproductive and aggressive behaviors of the female mosquitofish, Gambusia afinis affinis. - Environ. Biol. Fish. 29: 127-134.
29. Marsh-Matthews, E., Brooks, M., Deaton, R. & Tan, H. (2005). Effects of maternal and embryo characteristics on post-fertilization provisioning in fishes of the genus Gambusia. - Oecologia 114: 12-24.
30. Marsh-Matthews, E. & Deaton, R. (2006). Resources and offspring provisioning: a test of the Trexler-DeAngelis model for matrotrophy evolution. Ecology 87: 3014-3020.
31. McPeek, M. (1992). Mechanisms of sexual selection operating on body size in mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki). - Behav. Ecol. 3: 1-12.
32. Meffe, G. (1985). Life history patterns of Gambusia marshi (Poeciliidae) from Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico. - Copeia: 898-905.
33. Morris, M.R. (1991). Female choice of large males in the treefrog Hyla ebraccata. - J. Zool. 223:371-378.
34. Perrin, N. (1998). On body size, energetics, and fitness. - Funct. Ecol. 12: 500-502.
35. Pilastro, A., Giacomello, E. & Bisazza, A. (1997). Sexual selection for small size in male mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki). - Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 264: 1125-1129.
36. Riesch, R., Schlupp, I. & Plath, M. (2006). Influence of male competition on male mating behavior in the cave molly, Poecilia mexicana. - J. Ethol. 24: 27-31.
37. Ryan, M.J., Pease, C.M. & Morris, M.R. (1992). A genetic polymorphism in the swordtail Xiphophorus nigrensis: testing the prediction of equal fitnesses. - Am. Nat. 139: 21-31.
38. Savalli, U.M. & Fox, C.W. (1999). The effect of male size, age, and mating behavior on sexual selection in the seed beetle Callosobrunchus maculatus. - Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 11: 49-60.
39. Schartl, M., Erbelding-Denk, C., Holier, S., Nanda, I., Schmid, M., Schroder, J.H. & Epplen, J.T. (1993). Reproductive failure of dominant males in the Poeciliid fish Lima perugiae determined by DNA fingerprinting. - Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90: 7064-7068.
40. Shackleton, M., Jennions, M. & Hunt, J. (2005). Fighting success and attractiveness as predictors of male mating success in the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus: the effectiveness of no choice tests. - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 58: 1-8.
41. Snelson, F.F. (1989). Social and environmental control of life history traits in Poeciliid fishes. - In: Ecology and evolution of livebearing fishes (Poeciliidae) (Meffe, G.K. & Snelson, F.F., eds). Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, p. 149-161.
42. Spencer, C.C., Chlan, C.A., Neigel, J.E., Scribner, K.T., Wooten, M.C. & Leberg, P.L. (1999). Polymorphic microsatellite markers in the western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis. Mol. Ecol. 8: 157-158.
43. Sokal, R.R. & Rohlf, R.J. (1997). Biometry, 3rd edn. - Freeman, New York, NY
44. Teder, T. (2005). Male-biased size dimorphism. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) - the role of sexual selection for large male. - Ecol. Entomol. 30: 342-349.
45. Trexler, J.C. (1997). Resource availability and plasticity in offspring provisioning: embryo nourishment in sailfin mollies. - Ecology 78: 1370-1381.
46. Wiehn, J., Korpimaki, E., Bildstein, K.L. & Sorjonen, J. (1997). Mate choice and reproductive success in the American kestrel: a role for blood parasites? - Ethology 103: 304-317.
47. Wikelski, M. (2005). Evolution of body size in Galapagos marine iguanas. - Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 272: 1985-1993.
48. Zane, L., Nelson, W.S., Jones, A.G. & Avise, J.C. (1999). Microsatellite assessment of multiple paternity in natural populations of a live-bearing fish, Gambusia holbrooki. - J. Evol. Biol. 12: 61-69.
49. Zimmerer, E.J. & Kallman, K.D. (1989). Genetic basis for alternative reproductive tactics in the pygmy swordtail, Xiphophorus nigrensis. -Evolution 43: 1298-1307.
50. Zulian, E., Bisazza, A. & Marin, G. (1995). Variations in male body size in natural populations of Gambusia holbrooki. - Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 7: 1-10.