A field test of the effects of familiarity and relatedness on social associations and reproduction in prairie voles

Lucia, Kristen E.; Keane, Brian

doi:10.1007/s00265-011-1247-6

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“…There was, however, a negative association between a female’s preference for her resident and the length of time that resident had been present in her group, suggesting that females prefer novel males over residents with whom they have had extensive access and multiple opportunities to mate. This finding is consistent with previous observations of this study population [ 36 ], and with other studies on mammals that have reported female preference for unfamiliar males or males who are earlier in their tenures [ 10 , 53 , 54 ].…”

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Female Mate Choice in Wild Kenyan Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis)

Schembari,

Miller,

Roberts

et al. 2024

Animals

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Female mate choice may drive sexual selection, but discerning whether female behaviors reflect free expression of choice or responses to constraints can be difficult. We investigated the efficacy of female choice in wild blue monkeys using 10 years of behavior and paternity data (N = 178 male–female dyads). Although blue monkeys live modally in one-male polygynous groups, where male-biased intersexual power is expected, females can access multiple potential mates during seasonal male influxes and occasional intergroup encounters. Additionally, extra-group males sire offspring. We examined female resistance rates to male-initiated sexual interactions, and unsolicited proceptive behavior that females directed to males (corrected for male availability). Females seldom resisted male solicitation, but initiated sexual interactions more than males. Females generally preferred residents. Those who preferred non-residents tended to have residents with longer tenures, but neither female parity nor rank influenced the tendency to prefer non-residents vs. residents. The male most solicited by a particular female fathered that female’s infant 82% of the time; odds of siring were 26 times higher for most vs. nonpreferred males. Female preference predicted paternity even more strongly among non-resident males, with odds of siring 33 times higher for most vs. nonpreferred non-residents. Neither female rank nor parity influenced her likelihood of having her preferred partner as sire. Paternity by preferred males did not affect infant survival. While we cannot fully discount the effect of male–male competition on paternity, these results suggest that blue monkey females can exercise choice successfully, even in a polygynous mating system.

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Female Mate Choice in Wild Kenyan Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis)

Schembari,

Miller,

Roberts

et al. 2024

Animals

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“…For monogamous individuals, familiarity allows the recognition and selection of previous partners for mating purposes, while for those that benefit from multiple mating, avoidance of familiar males favors the acquisition of rare genotypes (e.g. Shapiro et al, 1986;Patris and Baudoin, 1998;Cheetham et al, 2008;Richankova et al, 2007;Lucia and Keane, 2012). Familiarity also acts as a proxy of male competitive quality, since animals that successfully defend their territories maintain their scents available for female assessment and familiarization (Rich and Hurst, 1998).…”

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When allowed, females prefer novel males in the polygynous subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum (tuco-tuco)

Fanjul

Zenuto

2013

Behavioural Processes

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“…Therefore, despite a higher risk of inbreeding, potentially resulting from extended association with family members, so far little support has been found for mating between close relatives in gregarious predators (Wahaj et al 2004;Geffen et al 2011;Sparkman et al 2012). Although a mechanism of kin recognition based on genetic similarity at MHC genes has been proposed in various animals (Mannig et al 2000;Wedekind & Penn 2000), some studies suggest that no physiologically-based kin recognition systems have evolved in vertebrates, and only social mechanisms, based on familiarity and phenotype matching, are likely to provide cues for kin recognition (Tang-Martinez 2001;Wahaj et al 2004;Lucia & Keane 2012). Solitary felids have fewer opportunities to consort with family members, and, consequently, are at less risk of mating with kin, but at the same time they have a lower possibility of learning their relatives' phenotypes to discriminate them from non-kin individuals.…”

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Does kinship affect spatial organization in a small and isolated population of a solitary felid: The Eurasian lynx?

Schmidt

Davoli

Kowalczyk

et al. 2016

Integrative Zoology

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Social organization in wild carnivores is mostly determined by patterns of family bonds, which may shape the degree of relatedness among individuals in the population. We studied kinship in a small and isolated population of a solitary carnivore, the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) to evaluate its effect on spatial distribution of individuals. We investigated the relationship between spatial location and pair-wise kinship among 28 lynx individuals identified in 2004-2011 by telemetry, non-invasive sampling and genotyping with the use of 12 autosomal microsatellites in the Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland. The average relatedness of the lynx population was relatively low (Lynch and Ritland's R = 0.03). Females were significantly more related to each other than males with other males. The inferred pedigree showed that the population was dominated by only 2 familial groups. We did not find significant correlations between the relatedness and the extent of home range overlap or the straight-line distances between the home ranges' central points. These results suggest that the dynamics of kinship in this solitary felid may not differ from the random mating processes described in social carnivores. Although the chances of random mating could be limited to a few resident males and females, the presence of unrelated floaters may provide a "breeding buffer" that may prevent an increase of relatedness and likely inbreeding in the population. This system is likely to fail in preserving genetic diversity in small, highly isolated populations; therefore, restoring habitat connectivity is crucial to ensure sufficient immigration from neighboring populations.

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A field test of the effects of familiarity and relatedness on social associations and reproduction in prairie voles

Cited by 11 publications

References 62 publications

Female Mate Choice in Wild Kenyan Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis)

Female Mate Choice in Wild Kenyan Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis)

When allowed, females prefer novel males in the polygynous subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum (tuco-tuco)

Does kinship affect spatial organization in a small and isolated population of a solitary felid: The Eurasian lynx?

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