Mate choice by males and paternity distribution in offspring of triple-mated females in Neptunea arthritica (Gastropoda: Buccinidae)

Lombardo-González, Roberto C.; Takeshita, Fumio; S, Abe; Goshima, Seiji

doi:10.1093/mollus/eys010

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“…Most marine gastropods are gonochoric and the majority of sexual selection studies have been carried out on species in the family Littorinidae (Erlandsson & Johannesson, 1994;Erlandsson & Rolán-Alvarez, 1998;Johannesson et al, 2016;Ng & Williams, 2014;Rolán-Alvarez & Ekendahl, 1996;Saur, 1990;Zahradnik, Lemay, & Boulding, 2008); probably as a result of their wide distribution, high abundance (Reid, 1989;Rolán-Alvarez, Austin, & Boulding, 2015) and the fact that sexes can be readily identified (Reid, 1986(Reid, , 1989. There have, however, also been studies on Neptunea arthritica (Lombardo & Goshima, 2010, 2011Lombardo, Takeshita, Abe, & Goshima, 2012) and Rapana venosa (Xue, Zhang, & Liu, 2016) as well as studies on sexual selection on size in several other species (Table 1).…”

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The causal relationship between sexual selection and sexual size dimorphism in marine gastropods

Rolán‐Alvarez

Dahlén

et al. 2019

Animal Behaviour

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Sexual size dimorphism is widespread among dioecious species but its underlying driving forces are often complex. A review of sexual size dimorphism in marine gastropods revealed two common patterns: firstly, sexual size dimorphism, with females being larger than males, and secondly females being larger than males in mating pairs; both of which suggest sexual selection as being causally related with sexual size dimorphism. To test this hypothesis, we initially investigated mechanisms driving sexual selection on size in three congeneric marine gastropods with different degrees of sexual size dimorphism, and, secondly, the correlation between male/female sexual selection and sexual size dimorphism across several marine gastropod species. Male mate choice via mucus trail following (as evidence of sexual selection) was found during the mating process in all three congeneric species, despite the fact that not all species showed sexual size dimorphism. There was also a significant and strong negative correlation between female sexual selection and sexual size dimorphism across 16 cases from seven marine gastropod species. These results suggest that sexual selection does not drive sexual size dimorphism. There 2 was, however, evidence of males utilizing a similar mechanism to choose mates (i.e. selecting a female slightly larger than own size) which may be widespread among gastropods, and in tandem with present variability in sexual size dimorphism among species, provide a plausible explanation of the observed mating patterns in marine gastropods.

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The causal relationship between sexual selection and sexual size dimorphism in marine gastropods

Rolán‐Alvarez

Dahlén

et al. 2019

Animal Behaviour

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“…Although mate choice has mainly been attributed to females, variation in female quality, low mate search costs and sperm limitation can select for the evolution of male mate choice, which seems to be more common than previously assumed (Bonduriansky ; Bateman & Fleming ; Barry ; Barry & Kokko ; Edwards & Chapman ; Lombardo et al. ; Adams & Morse ). In the praying mantid Pseudomantis albofimbriata, it has been shown that the attractiveness of females to males depends on the females’ condition, allowing males to choose mates that provide the highest potential reproductive success (Barry & Kokko ; Barry et al.…”

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Short‐Term Nutritional Limitation Affects Mating Behaviour and Reproductive Output in Dwarf Spiders

Kunz

Uhl

2015

Ethology

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Mating decisions can vary considerably depending on individual experience, mate availability and nutritional status. Here, we applied short-term dietary restrictions to adult female spiders that were well fed during the juvenile stage in an effort to understand whether and how brief periods of food shortage can influence male and female mating decisions and mating behaviour. To assess whether responses vary between closely related species, we conducted the same experiment on the dwarf spiders Oedothorax retusus and O. apicatus. During courtship and mating, males of both species offer secretion to females from glandular tissue in their prosoma. Females were subject to food shortage over a period of 3 wks ('low-diet' treatment, LD) or fed regularly ('high-diet' treatment, HD). We compared courtship probability, mating probability/behaviour, and reproductive output between dietary groups and species. In both Oedothorax species, females in the LD treatment were less likely to mate and more aggressive towards males. Furthermore, LD females produced egg sacs that were significantly lighter than were those of the HD females. Effects of food deprivation on copulation duration, gustatory behaviour and oviposition latency differed between species. Our study shows that short periods of dietary restriction during the adult stage can strongly affect mating behaviour and reproductive output with differences between closely related species.

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“…marine species: [61,45,3,4,5]; freshwater species: [23]). Several decades ago, studies using enzyme electrophoresis reported multiple paternity in freshwater pulmonates such as Biomphalaria obstructa [62], Bulinus africanus [63], B .…”

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“…Polyandry, the act of a female mating with multiple males, is one of the most common mating systems observed in nature and has been reported in many taxonomic groups [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]. Often, polyandry results in multiple paternity with females laying eggs fertilized by different males, and male contribution to the brood occurs in different proportions [9].…”

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Paternity Outcomes in the Freshwater Gastropod, Chilina dombeiana in the Biobío River, Chile

Bórquez

Brante

2017

PLoS ONE

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Studying the mating system of obligate aquatic organisms that inhabit river ecosystems is important for understanding its evolution as well as the role of biological and environmental factors in modulating population dynamics and species distributional patterns. Here, we studied the reproductive strategy of the Chilean endemic freshwater snail, Chilina dombeiana, in the Biobío River, one of the largest rivers in Chile. This species has a low potential for dispersal given the absence of a free-swimming larval stage (benthic larval development) and given that adults have a low capacity for mobility. We hypothesized that: 1. Females would mate with different males (polyandry) resulting in intrabrood multiple paternity, 2. Individuals from closer sites would be more related than individuals from distant sites, and 3. Male parental contributions would be unevenly distributed within broods. Individuals from three different sites were sampled along the river: upper, mid, and river mouth. In the laboratory, hatching juveniles from a total of 15 broods were collected for paternity analyses. We used microsatellite markers and the programs GERUD and COLONY to determine whether multiple paternity exists and to estimate the contribution of different males to the brood. We found that multiple paternity was very common at all of the sites analyzed with as many as 8 males fertilizing a single female and a mean of 4.2 fathers per brood estimated by COLONY. Sire contribution was skewed to particular males in several broods. In addition, overall relatedness among broods for the three sites ranged from 0.17 to 0.45 with evidence of many half-siblings. Relatedness differed among the three sites. Particularly in upstream sites or in anthropogenically disturbed populations, the high levels of multiple paternity observed in C. dombeiana may be an efficient strategy to avoid inbreeding and prevent the loss of genetic diversity within populations.

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Mate choice by males and paternity distribution in offspring of triple-mated females in Neptunea arthritica (Gastropoda: Buccinidae)

Cited by 8 publications

References 45 publications

The causal relationship between sexual selection and sexual size dimorphism in marine gastropods

The causal relationship between sexual selection and sexual size dimorphism in marine gastropods

Short‐Term Nutritional Limitation Affects Mating Behaviour and Reproductive Output in Dwarf Spiders

Paternity Outcomes in the Freshwater Gastropod, Chilina dombeiana in the Biobío River, Chile

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