Extra-pair paternity in seabirds: a review and case study of Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri
Quillfeldt P, Masello J, Segelbacher G. Extra-pair paternity in seabirds: a review and case study of Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri. Journal of Ornithology . 2012;153(2):367-373. Seabirds are long-lived birds that exhibit very high levels of parental investment, and male parental care is ind...
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ftubbiepub:oai:pub.uni-bielefeld.de:2984195 2023-12-10T09:41:55+01:00 Extra-pair paternity in seabirds: a review and case study of Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri Quillfeldt, Petra Masello, Juan Segelbacher, Gernot 2012 https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2984195 eng eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s10336-011-0751-9 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/2193-7192 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/2193-7206 https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2984195 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 info:eu-repo/semantics/article doc-type:article text 2012 ftubbiepub https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-011-0751-9 2023-11-13T00:05:37Z Quillfeldt P, Masello J, Segelbacher G. Extra-pair paternity in seabirds: a review and case study of Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri. Journal of Ornithology . 2012;153(2):367-373. Seabirds are long-lived birds that exhibit very high levels of parental investment, and male parental care is indispensable. Seabirds have comparable breeding and life history parameters, being colonial, long-lived, and exhibiting little or no sex dimorphism. It is thought that these characteristics explain why seabirds exhibit a uniformly low level of extra-pair paternity. However, among the relatively few seabirds that have been studied to date, some regularly engage in extra-pair copulations, and the reasons for such inter-specific variability remain unclear. We here analyse paternity in a small sub-Antarctic seabird, the Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri, using species-specific microsatellites as genetic markers. We found that 7 of 34 chicks (21%) were not fathered by the male pair partner. This value is among the highest recorded for seabirds, and it now needs to be established if these result from forced copulations as suggested for some albatross species, or female cuckoldry. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic PUB - Publications at Bielefeld University Antarctic Journal of Ornithology 153 2 367 373 |
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Quillfeldt P, Masello J, Segelbacher G. Extra-pair paternity in seabirds: a review and case study of Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri. Journal of Ornithology . 2012;153(2):367-373. Seabirds are long-lived birds that exhibit very high levels of parental investment, and male parental care is indispensable. Seabirds have comparable breeding and life history parameters, being colonial, long-lived, and exhibiting little or no sex dimorphism. It is thought that these characteristics explain why seabirds exhibit a uniformly low level of extra-pair paternity. However, among the relatively few seabirds that have been studied to date, some regularly engage in extra-pair copulations, and the reasons for such inter-specific variability remain unclear. We here analyse paternity in a small sub-Antarctic seabird, the Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri, using species-specific microsatellites as genetic markers. We found that 7 of 34 chicks (21%) were not fathered by the male pair partner. This value is among the highest recorded for seabirds, and it now needs to be established if these result from forced copulations as suggested for some albatross species, or female cuckoldry. |
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Extra-pair paternity in seabirds: a review and case study of Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri |
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Extra-pair paternity in seabirds: a review and case study of Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri |
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Extra-pair paternity in seabirds: a review and case study of Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri |
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Extra-pair paternity in seabirds: a review and case study of Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri |
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Extra-pair paternity in seabirds: a review and case study of Thin-billed Prions Pachyptila belcheri |
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extra-pair paternity in seabirds: a review and case study of thin-billed prions pachyptila belcheri |
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