Genetic relationship between offspring and guardian adults of a rhacophorid frog and its care effort in response to paternal share

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Title:	Genetic relationship between offspring and guardian adults of a rhacophorid frog and its care effort in response to paternal share
Authors:	Chen, Yi-Huey Cheng, Wei-Chun Yu, Hon-Tsen Kam, Yeong-Choy
Contributors:	生命科學系
Keywords:	CONSPECIFIC CUES OVIPOSITION-SITE SELECTION EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY MALE PARENTAL CARE FOAM-NESTING TREEFROG MULTIPLE PATERNITY CHIRIXALUS-EIFFINGERI HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS PERCEIVED PATERNITY SPERM COMPETITION
Date:	2011-12
Issue Date:	2012-09-04 10:05:33 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	The rhacophorid frog, Kurixalus eiffingeri, is one of only a few frog species that exhibits polyandry and paternal care of eggs. Previous studies predicted that multiple paternity within an egg clutch could influence the degree of paternal care and reproductive strategies. We used microsatellite DNA markers to assess the prevalence of multiple paternity within egg clutches and the relationship between male paternal care and the percent of male's genetic contribution to the clutch, i.e., paternal share. We conducted field observations of paternal care and collected tissues from both male frogs and tadpoles for parentage analyses. Our results showed that at least five out of 31 egg clutches had multiple paternity. Attending males were always the genetic fathers of some, if not all of the eggs in the clutch they guarded. All egg clutches except one were attended by one male frog but the attending male did not necessarily sire the majority of offspring. Multiple paternity in all cases consisted of two fathers and one mother and most likely resulted from synchronous polyandry. Paternal care effort correlated significantly with the male's genetic contribution to the clutch, suggesting that male frogs adjust the effort expended in care in response to paternal share. In addition, our results suggest that externally fertilizing species with parental care and multiple paternity may develop novel reproductive and behavioral strategies to safeguard their parental investment and overcome sperm competition.
Relation:	Source: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY Volume: 65 Issue: 12 Pages: 2329-2339
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