Why are reproductively parasitic fish males so small?-influence of tactic-specific selection

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1113-1116

  Ota, Kazutaka ^a   Kohda, Masanori ^a   Sato, Tetsu ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Nagano University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive tactics; Sexual size allometry; Shell size availability; Size limitation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CICHLID; CONSPECIFIC; GASTROPOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARASITE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SELECTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SHELL; SPAWNING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CICHLID; FEMALE; GASTROPOD; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; GASTROPODA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

GASTROPODA; LAMPROLOGUS CALLIPTERUS;

EID: 78650035258     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0725-4     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. WU Blanckenhorn 2000 The evolution of body size: what keeps organisms small? Q Rev Biol 75 385 407 10.1086/393620 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3M7itlSmtQ%3D%3D 10.1086/393620 11125698
2. DJ Fairbairn 2005 Allometry for sexual size dimorphism: testing two hypotheses for Rensch's rule in the water strider Aquarius remigis Am Nat 116 S69 S84 10.1086/444600 10.1086/444600 (Pubitemid 41443660)
3. MR Gross 1985 Disruptive selection for alternative life histories in salmon Nature 313 47 48 10.1038/313047a0 10.1038/313047a0
4. MR Gross EL Charnov 1980 Alternative male life histories in bluegill sunfish Proc Natl Acad Sci 77 6937 6940 1:STN:280:DC%2BC3cnivVGmsg%3D%3D 10.1073/pnas.77.11.6937 16592922
5. B Nevado S Koblmüller C Sturmbauer J Snoeks J Usano-Alemany E Verheyen 2009 Complete mitochondrial DNA replacement in a Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish Mol Ecol 18 4240 4255 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04348.x 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD1MXhsVyqs7fF 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04348.x 19780975
6. Oliveira RF, Taborsky M, Brockmann HJ (2008) Alternative reproductive tactics: an integrative approach. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
7. K Ota M Kohda T Sato 2010 Unusual allometry for sexual size dimorphism in a cichlid where males are extremely larger than females J Biosci 35 257 265 10.1007/s12038-010-0030-6 10.1007/s12038-010-0030-6 20689182
8. A Pilastro E Giacomello A Bisazza 1997 Sexual selection for small size in male mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) Proc R Soc Lond B 264 1125 1129 10.1098/rspb.1997.0155 10.1098/rspb.1997.0155 (Pubitemid 27401753)
9. T Sato M Hirose M Taborsky S Kimura 2004 Size-dependent male alternative reproductive tactics in the shell-brooding cichlid fish Lamprologus callipterus in Lake Tanganyika Ethology 110 49 62 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00944.x 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00944.x (Pubitemid 38231147)
10. D Schütz M Taborsky 2005 The influence of sexual selection and ecological constraints on an extreme sexual size dimorphism in a cichlid Anim Behav 70 539 554 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.11.010 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.11.010 (Pubitemid 43293134)
11. D Schütz GA Parker M Taborsky T Sato 2006 An optimality approach to male and female body sizes in an extremely size-dimorphic cichlid fish Evol Ecol Res 8 1 16
12. D Schütz G Pachler E Ripmeester O Goffinet M Taborsky 2010 Reproductive investment of giants and dwarfs: specialized tactics in a cichlid fish with alternative male morphs Fuct Ecol 24 131 140 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009. 01605.x 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01605.x
13. D Shapiro A Marconato T Yoshikawa 1994 Sperm economy in a coral reef fish, Thalassoma bifasciatum Ecology 75 1334 1344 10.2307/1937458 10.2307/1937458
14. JA Stoltz BD Neff 2006 Male size and mating tactic influence proximity to females during sperm competition in bluegill sunfish Behav Ecol Sociobiol 59 811 818 10.1007/s00265-005-0127-3 10.1007/s00265-005-0127-3
15. O Svensson C Kvarnemo 2007 Parasitic spawning in sand gobies: an experimental assessment of nest-opening size, sneaker male cues, paternity, and filial cannibalism Behav Ecol 18 410 441 10.1093/beheco/arl098 10.1093/beheco/arl098 (Pubitemid 46363265)
16. M Taborsky 2001 The evolution of bourgeois, parasitic, and cooperative reproductive behaviors in fishes J Hered 92 100 110 1:STN:280: DC%2BD38%2Fht1Wksw%3D%3D 10.1093/jhered/92.2.100 11396567
17. D Thomaz E Bell T Burke 1997 Alternative reproductive tactics in Atlantic salmon: factors affecting mature parr success Proc R Soc Lond B 264 219 226 10.1098/rspb.1997.0031 10.1098/rspb.1997.0031 (Pubitemid 27105738)