Heritability of the extra-pair mating behaviour of the pied flycatcher in Western Siberia
Males and females take part in extra-pair copulations in most socially monogamous bird species. The mechanisms leading to the frequent occurrence of extra-pair offspring in socially monogamous couples are strongly debated and unresolved, and they are often difficult to distinguish from one another....
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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31 July 2020
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PeerJ
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Pages: e9571 |
| ISSN: | 2167-8359 |
| DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.9571 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9571 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://peerj.com/articles/9571 
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| Author Notes: | Vladimir G. Grinkov, Andreas Bauer, Helmut Sternberg and Michael Wink |
| Summary: | Males and females take part in extra-pair copulations in most socially monogamous bird species. The mechanisms leading to the frequent occurrence of extra-pair offspring in socially monogamous couples are strongly debated and unresolved, and they are often difficult to distinguish from one another. Most hypotheses explaining the evolution of extra-pair reproduction suggest selective and adaptive scenarios for their origination and persistence. Is extra-pair paternity a heritable trait? We evaluated the heritability of extra-pair paternity in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) nesting in Western Siberia. Estimated heritability was low: depending on the model used, the point estimate of the heritability (mode) varied from 0.005 to 0.11, and the bounds of the 95% confidence interval are [0-0.16] in the widest range. Thus, it seems that extra-pair mating behaviour in the pied flycatchers is a plastic phenotypic mating tactic with a small or no genetic component. Our data can help to understand the evolution of extra-pair mating behaviour in socially monogamous species. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 15.10.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 2167-8359 |
| DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.9571 |