Lewis J A, Pitcher T E
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada.
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4, Canada.
J Fish Biol. 2017 Apr;90(4):1244-1256. doi: 10.1111/jfb.13223. Epub 2016 Nov 21.
This study examined whether polyandrous female Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha obtain benefits compared with monandrous females through an increase in hatching success. Both of the alternative reproductive tactics present in male O. tshawytscha (large hooknoses and small, precocious jacks) were used, such that eggs were either fertilized by a single male (from each tactic) or multiple males (using two males from the same or different tactics). The results show that fertilized eggs from the polyandrous treatments had a significantly higher hatching success than those from the monandrous treatments. It is also shown that sperm speed was positively related with offspring hatching success. Finally, there were tactic-specific effects on the benefits females received. The inclusion of jacks in any cross resulted in offspring with higher hatching success, with the cross that involved a male from each tactic providing offspring with the highest hatching success than any other cross. This study has important implications for the evolution of multiple mating and why it is so prevalent across taxa, while also providing knowledge on the evolution of mating systems, specifically those with alternative reproductive tactics.
本研究探讨了多配偶制的雌性奇努克鲑(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)与单配偶制的雌性相比,是否通过提高孵化成功率而获得益处。研究使用了雄性奇努克鲑存在的两种替代生殖策略(大型钩鼻雄鱼和小型早熟雄鱼),使鱼卵要么由单个雄性(来自每种策略)受精,要么由多个雄性(使用来自相同或不同策略的两个雄性)受精。结果表明,多配偶制处理的受精卵孵化成功率显著高于单配偶制处理的受精卵。研究还表明,精子速度与后代孵化成功率呈正相关。最后,对于雌性获得的益处存在策略特异性效应。在任何杂交组合中加入小型早熟雄鱼都会使后代具有更高的孵化成功率,涉及每种策略各一个雄性的杂交组合所产生的后代孵化成功率高于其他任何杂交组合。本研究对多重交配的进化以及为何它在各分类群中如此普遍具有重要意义,同时也为交配系统的进化提供了知识,特别是那些具有替代生殖策略的交配系统。