仔牛父权与雄鹿和雌鹿之间观察到的交配之间的不匹配:多性类类动物的多重交配?
Keenin R Coombs1, Robert B Weladji1, Øystein Holand2
1Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC, H4B1R6, Canada.
Current zoology
|August 24, 2023
概括
雌鹿进行多重交配,不是因为骚扰,而是作为一个有意识的策略. 在42%的女性中观察到的这种行为,会根据男性的身材来影响父亲的成功,这表明女性的选择是神秘的.
科学领域:
- 动物行为 动物行为
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 多妻性交配系统,如鹿 (Rangifer tarandus) 的交配系统,由于雄性竞争,使对象选择的研究复杂化.
- 雌性多次交配可以成为选择伴侣的途径,但在行为上很难检测到.
- 分子技术提供了一个遗传视角来重新评估交配系统.
研究的目的:
- 从遗传学上评估半化鹿群中的多重交配的频率和原因.
- 为了测试一种假设,即鹿中的多夫制是由亚主导雄性对其进行性骚扰所驱动的.
主要方法:
- 结合了7年的行为观察和遗传数据.
- 从芬兰鹿群中观察到的交配中分析了父亲的成功.
- 综合数据与人口特征.
主要成果:
- 在42%的雌性中观察到多次交配,在某些年份达到60%.
- 没有证据支持性骚扰是原因;多重交配似乎是女性的策略.
- 父亲的成功与男性的体型有所不同;较小的男性的成功率较低.
- 雌性对较大雄性的偏好持续存在,这表明了神秘的性交后选择.
结论:
- 在鹿中,多重交配很可能是一个有意识的雌性策略,而不是骚扰的结果.
- 男性的体型影响生殖成功,表明潜在的神秘女性选择.
- 需要进一步研究神秘选择和多重交配在克服男性不孕症中的作用.
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