Females increase reproductive investment when mated to less sexually attractive males in a serially monogamous fish

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第一作者： Lin, Tingting

作者： Lin, Tingting;Liu, Xin;Li, Siping;Zhang, Dong;Shen, Fengyuan;Jiang, Keji

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关键词： Reproductive investment; Reproductive compensation; Serial monogamy; Seahorse; Sex role

期刊名称：SCIENTIFIC REPORTS （ 影响因子：3.8； 五年影响因子：4.3 ）

ISSN： 2045-2322

年卷期： 2024 年 14 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Reproductive investment decision is an integral part of life-history theory. Differential allocation hypothesis predicts that females should increase investment when mated to high-quality males, conversely, reproductive compensation hypothesis predicts that females should increase investment when mated to low-quality males. Empirical research dominantly focuses on polygamous species and rarely on serially monogamous species. So, the question remains: which hypothesis does serially monogamous species fit? And if it fits reproductive compensation hypothesis, do females only compensate once or continuously for multiple times when mating to low-quality males? Here, we used a serially monogamous fish, the lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus), to investigate the reproductive investment pattern of females in relation to male quality (measured by sexual attractiveness). We found that females allocated more resources into eggs when they mated to less-sexually-attractive males, indicating the investment pattern of lined seahorse falls in with the prediction of reproductive compensation hypothesis. This finding may imply that the sex role of seahorses is reversed, and female is the side imposed on a greater sexual selection pressure. On this basis, we compared the investment difference of females in two consecutive breeding events when mated to less-sexually-attractive males. We found that females allocated less resources into eggs in the second breeding than in the first one. Females reduced their reproductive compensation in the second breeding, which may be attributed to the improvement in the quality (e.g., paternal care ability) of their mates after the first breeding, thus eliminating the need for them to invest more in the second breeding.

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