死亡风险的性别偏差在瓶鼻海豚的寿命中发生了变化
Molly H F McEntee1, Vivienne Foroughirad1, Ewa Krzyszczyk1,2
1Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Proceedings. Biological sciences
|July 26, 2023
概括
雄性海豚面临更高的青少年死亡率,但这种风险与雌性繁殖相等. 雌性生殖成本可以增加它们的死亡率,挑战关于哺乳动物寿命中的性别偏差的假设.
科学领域:
- 行为生态学 行为生态学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 哺乳动物生物学 哺乳动物生物学
背景情况:
- 哺乳动物长寿研究通常假定基于性别的生存优势是恒定的.
- 现有的理论将男性竞争与女性一生的生存利益联系在一起.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究瓶鼻海豚 (Tursiops aduncus) 的特定年龄的死亡模式.
- 为了检查性别如何影响社会哺乳动物在不同生命阶段的死亡风险.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自1003只野生海豚的35年纵向数据.
- 分析了特定年龄的死亡风险,以确定时间变化的性别影响.
主要成果:
- 男性的青少年死亡率较高,但死亡风险在女性生殖开始时趋同.
- 成年女性的死亡风险与男性相似,在老年人群中略有男性偏见.
- 与性选择预测相反,男性与男性之间的竞争不会导致持续的男性偏见的死亡率.
结论:
- 死亡率的性别偏见是动态的,并且在瓶鼻海豚中取决于年龄.
- 对于女性来说,高的生殖成本,包括怀孕,哺乳期和性胁迫,可以提高她们的死亡风险.
- 生殖投资对寿命的性别差异产生了重大影响,挑战了性选择和寿命的简单模型.
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