Sneaker Males Affect Fighter Male Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Salmon
Large male body size is typically favored by directional sexual selection through competition for mates. However, alternative male life-history phenotypes, such as “sneakers,” should decrease the strength of sexual selection acting on body size of large “fighter” males. We tested this prediction wit...
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ftunivzuerich:oai:www.zora.uzh.ch:157734 2024-09-15T17:56:25+00:00 Sneaker Males Affect Fighter Male Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Salmon Weir, Laura K Kindsvater, Holly K Young, Kyle A Reynolds, John D 2016-08-01 application/pdf https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/157734/ https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/157734/1/687253.pdf https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-157734 https://doi.org/10.1086/687253 eng eng University of Chicago Press https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/157734/1/687253.pdf doi:10.5167/uzh-157734 doi:10.1086/687253 info:pmid/27420790 urn:issn:0003-0147 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Weir, Laura K; Kindsvater, Holly K; Young, Kyle A; Reynolds, John D (2016). Sneaker Males Affect Fighter Male Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Salmon. The American Naturalist, 188(2):264-271. Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies 570 Life sciences biology 590 Animals (Zoology) alternative mating strategies competition latitudinal clines salmonids sexual selection Journal Article PeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftunivzuerich https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-15773410.1086/687253 2024-08-28T00:37:25Z Large male body size is typically favored by directional sexual selection through competition for mates. However, alternative male life-history phenotypes, such as “sneakers,” should decrease the strength of sexual selection acting on body size of large “fighter” males. We tested this prediction with salmon species; in southern populations, where sneakers are common, fighter males should be smaller than in northern populations, where sneakers are rare, leading to geographical clines in sexual size dimorphism (SSD). Consistent with our prediction, fighter male body size and SSD (fighter male∶female size) increase with latitude in species with sneaker males (Atlantic salmon Salmo salar and masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou) but not in species without sneakers (chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta and pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha). This is the first evidence that sneaker males affect SSD across populations and species, and it suggests that alternative male mating strategies may shape the evolution of body size. Article in Journal/Newspaper Atlantic salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Pink salmon Salmo salar University of Zurich (UZH): ZORA (Zurich Open Repository and Archive |
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Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies 570 Life sciences biology 590 Animals (Zoology) alternative mating strategies competition latitudinal clines salmonids sexual selection Weir, Laura K Kindsvater, Holly K Young, Kyle A Reynolds, John D Sneaker Males Affect Fighter Male Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Salmon |
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Large male body size is typically favored by directional sexual selection through competition for mates. However, alternative male life-history phenotypes, such as “sneakers,” should decrease the strength of sexual selection acting on body size of large “fighter” males. We tested this prediction with salmon species; in southern populations, where sneakers are common, fighter males should be smaller than in northern populations, where sneakers are rare, leading to geographical clines in sexual size dimorphism (SSD). Consistent with our prediction, fighter male body size and SSD (fighter male∶female size) increase with latitude in species with sneaker males (Atlantic salmon Salmo salar and masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou) but not in species without sneakers (chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta and pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha). This is the first evidence that sneaker males affect SSD across populations and species, and it suggests that alternative male mating strategies may shape the evolution of body size. |
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Weir, Laura K Kindsvater, Holly K Young, Kyle A Reynolds, John D |
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Weir, Laura K Kindsvater, Holly K Young, Kyle A Reynolds, John D |
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Sneaker Males Affect Fighter Male Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Salmon |
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Sneaker Males Affect Fighter Male Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Salmon |
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Sneaker Males Affect Fighter Male Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Salmon |
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Sneaker Males Affect Fighter Male Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Salmon |
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Sneaker Males Affect Fighter Male Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Salmon |
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sneaker males affect fighter male body size and sexual size dimorphism in salmon |
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University of Chicago Press |
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https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/157734/ https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/157734/1/687253.pdf https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-157734 https://doi.org/10.1086/687253 |
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Atlantic salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Pink salmon Salmo salar |
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Atlantic salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Pink salmon Salmo salar |
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Weir, Laura K; Kindsvater, Holly K; Young, Kyle A; Reynolds, John D (2016). Sneaker Males Affect Fighter Male Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Salmon. The American Naturalist, 188(2):264-271. |
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https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/157734/1/687253.pdf doi:10.5167/uzh-157734 doi:10.1086/687253 info:pmid/27420790 urn:issn:0003-0147 |
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