Male and female preference for conspecifics in a fish with male parental care (Percidae: Catonotus)

O'Rourke, Cynthia F.; Mendelson, Tamra C.

doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2010.07.005

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“…On the other hand, in Etheostoma flavum, neither males nor females show preferences for conspecific fish (Martin & Mendelson, 2013). A sex difference in species discrimination is present in Etheostoma nigripinne but in the opposite direction to our results: females strongly prefer conspecific males while males do not consistently prefer conspecific females (O'Rourke & Mendelson, 2010). While these data sets are not directly comparable due to differences in experimental methodology, this apparent diversity in choosiness and discrimination behaviour hints that darter speciation may be complex, shaped by different selective forces in different clades.…”

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“…parental care; Bonduriansky, 2001). Just as choosy females should be reticent to mate with heterospecific males due to negative fitness consequences, choosy males may similarly be predicted to discriminate against heterospecific females; as a result, the evolution of behavioural isolation may rely on both sexes (Kozak, Reisland, & Boughmann, 2009;O'Rourke & Mendelson, 2010;Svensson, Karlsson, Friberg, & Eroukhmanoff, 2007). Further complicating the picture is maleemale competition, which is increasingly recognized as a selective force underlying male ornament diversification (West-Eberhard, 1983).…”

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Sexually asymmetric colour-based species discrimination in orangethroat darters

2015

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Female mate preferences, male mate preferences and maleemale competition can all potentially play roles in promoting speciation by sexual selection. The orangethroat darter, Etheostoma spectabile, is a sexually dichromatic fish in which males compete for access to females. We quantified male and female responses to conspecific versus heterospecific fish under normal light, dim light and blue light, the last of which impaired colour perception. We found that behavioural isolation was likely mediated primarily by male behavioural discrimination against heterospecific fish, with females showing no evident mate preferences. Furthermore, male aggression towards conspecific rivals was reduced in blue light, suggesting that the evolution of male coloration may contribute to speciation through maleemale interactions.

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Sexually asymmetric colour-based species discrimination in orangethroat darters

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“…The extent to which males and females contribute to behavioural isolation varies between taxa [49,50] and findings, such as reported here, that male mate choice plays an important role are not an exception [51][52][53][54][55]. In the house mouse, both males and females may be involved in mate choice [56][57][58].…”

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Sexual selection against natural hybrids may contribute to reinforcement in a house mouse hybrid zone

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Sexual selection may hinder gene flow across contact zones when hybrid recognition signals are discriminated against. We tested this hypothesis in a unimodal hybrid zone between Mus musculus musculus and Mus musculus domesticus where a pattern of reinforcement was described and lower hybrid fitness documented. We presented mice from the border of the hybrid zone with a choice between opposite sex urine from the same subspecies versus hybrids sampled in different locations across the zone. While no preference was evidenced in domesticus mice, musculus males discriminated in favour of musculus signals and against hybrid signals. Remarkably, the pattern of hybrid unattractiveness did not vary across the hybrid zone. Moreover, allopatric populations tested in the same conditions did not discriminate against hybrid signals, indicating character displacement for signal perception or preference. Finally, habituation-discrimination tests assessing similarities between signals pointed out that hybrid signals differed from the parental ones. Overall, our results suggest that perception of hybrids as unattractive has evolved in border populations of musculus after the secondary contact with domesticus. We discuss the mechanisms involved in hybrid unattractiveness, and the potential impact of asymmetric sexual selection on the hybrid zone dynamics and gene flow between the two subspecies.

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“…A growing body of evidence suggests that both female and male darters prefer conspecific over heterospecific visual signals (Williams & Mendelson , , ; Ciccotto et al. ; Martin & Mendelson ; O'Rourke & Mendelson ). These preferences may play a significant role in darter divergence and speciation.…”

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Phylogenetic Correlation Between Male Nuptial Color and Behavioral Responses to Color Across a Diverse and Colorful Genus of Freshwater Fish (Etheostoma spp., Teleostei: Percidae)

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Mendelson

2016

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Sexual selection theory predicts that preferences in both sexes select for the elaboration of male nuptial coloration, with empirical evidence supporting these predictions. Empirical studies are often limited in their taxonomic inclusiveness, however, and typically do not examine how male and female preferences contribute to macroevolutionary patterns of male color variation across multiple lineages in a clade. This study examined color preferences in a group of dichromatic freshwater fishes known as darters (genus Etheostoma) that vary in the presence of male coloration. The strengths of attraction to black, blue, gray, and red models were tested in females of 18 species, in addition to males of five species. We found a positive association between the presence of red or orange on the body and the amount of time associating with red models, suggesting color variation is at least in part due to variation in female preferences between species. Males also spent more time associating with colors that most closely resembled conspecifics, suggesting that preferential responses to color in males also can contribute to the diversity of nuptial coloration in darters.

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Male and female preference for conspecifics in a fish with male parental care (Percidae: Catonotus)

Cited by 23 publications

References 36 publications

Sexually asymmetric colour-based species discrimination in orangethroat darters

Sexually asymmetric colour-based species discrimination in orangethroat darters

Sexual selection against natural hybrids may contribute to reinforcement in a house mouse hybrid zone

Phylogenetic Correlation Between Male Nuptial Color and Behavioral Responses to Color Across a Diverse and Colorful Genus of Freshwater Fish (Etheostoma spp., Teleostei: Percidae)

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