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Banger, N., Blouin-Demers, G., Bulté, G., & Lougheed, S. (2013). More sires may enhance offspring fitness in northern map turtles, graptemys geographica. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 91, 581–588.
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| Resource type: Journal Article DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2012-0320 BibTeX citation key: Banger2013 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Emydidae, Fortpflanzung - reproduction, Graptemys geographica, Habitat - habitat, Nordamerika - North America, Schildkröten - turtles + tortoises, Zeitigung - incubation Creators: Banger, Blouin-Demers, Bulté, Lougheed Collection: Canadian Journal of Zoology |
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Sexual selection theory predicts that males should be promiscuous to maximize their reproductive success, while females should be choosy. Yet females of many taxa often produce progeny sired by multiple males indicating that promiscuity can be important for the reproductive success of females. Promiscuity may enhance the fitness of females if it increases the genetic quality, or the genetic variety, and thus the viability of their offspring. We quantified the number of sires per clutch in a population of northern map turtles, Graptemys geographica (LeSueur, 1817) in Lake Opinicon, Ontario, Canada and tested whether the number of sires affects several metrics of viability in hatchlings. Based on the most conservative estimate, at least 71% of clutches in this population are sired by multiple males, but there was no evidence that larger clutches are sired by more males. Clutches sired by more males had higher hatching success and survival, but the differences were not statistically significant. We did not find any effect of the number of sires on hatchling morphology or locomotor performance. Collectively our results partially support the hypothesis that promiscuity can increase the reproductive success of female map turtles.
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