Sperm of more colourful males are better adapted to ovarian fluids in lake char (Salmonidae).
cryptic female choice
inbreeding coefficient
kinship coefficient
loaded raffle
male reproductive strategy
sperm competition
sperm reaction norm
sperm velocity
Journal
Molecular ecology
ISSN: 1365-294X
Titre abrégé: Mol Ecol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9214478
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2023
10 2023
Historique:
revised:
11
07
2023
received:
05
03
2022
accepted:
07
08
2023
medline:
27
9
2023
pubmed:
21
8
2023
entrez:
21
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Fish often spawn eggs with ovarian fluids that have been hypothesized to support the sperm of some males over others (cryptic female choice). Alternatively, sperm reactions to ovarian fluids could reveal male strategies. We used wild-caught lake char (Salvelinus umbla) to experimentally test whether sperm react differently to the presence of ovarian fluid, and whether any differential sperm reaction could be predicted by male breeding coloration, male inbreeding coefficients (based of 4150 SNPs) or the kinship coefficients between males and females. Male coloration was positively linked to body size and current health (based on lymphocytosis and thrombocytosis) but was a poor predictor of inbreeding or kinship coefficients. We found that sperm of more colourful males were faster in diluted ovarian fluids than in water only, while sperm of paler males were faster in water than in ovarian fluids. We then let equal numbers of sperm compete for fertilizations in the presence or absence of ovarian fluids and genetically assigned 1464 embryos (from 70 experimental trials) to their fathers. The presence of ovarian fluids significantly increased the success of the more colourful competitors. Sperm of less inbred competitors were more successful when tested in water only than in diluted ovarian fluids. The kinship coefficients had no significant effects on sperm traits or fertilization success in the presence of ovarian fluids, although parallel stress tests on embryos had revealed that females would profit more from mating with least related males rather than most coloured ones. We conclude that sperm of more colourful males are best adapted to ovarian fluids, and that the observed reaction norms suggest male strategies rather than cryptic female choice.
Banques de données
Dryad
['10.5061/dryad.rn8pk0pct', '10.5061/dryad.gqnk98sp3']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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Pagination
5369-5381Subventions
Organisme : Swiss National Science Foundation
ID : 31003A_159579
Pays : Switzerland
Organisme : Swiss National Science Foundation
ID : 31003A_182265
Pays : Switzerland
Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. Molecular Ecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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