Adaptive plasticity of mammalian sperm production in response to social experience
Ramm SA, Stockley P (2009)
Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 276(1657): 745-751.
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Ramm, Steven A.UniBi
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Stockley, Paula
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Sperm competition theory predicts that males should invest prudently in ejaculates according to levels of female promiscuity. Males may therefore be sensitive to cues in their social environment associated with sexual competition, and tailor investment in sperm production accordingly. We tested this idea experimentally for the first time, to our knowledge, in a mammal by comparing reproductive traits of male house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) that had experienced contrasting encounter regimes with potential sexual competitors. We found that daily sperm production and numbers of sperm in the caput epididymis were significantly higher in subjects that had experienced a high encounter rate of social cues from three other males compared to those that had experienced a low encounter rate of social cues from just one other male. Epididymal sperm counts were negatively correlated with the frequency of scent-marking behaviour across all males in our study, suggesting that investment in ejaculate production may be traded off against traits that function in gaining copulations, although there was no difference in overall levels of scent marking between treatment groups. We conclude that social experience-mediated phenotypic plasticity in mammalian spermatogenesis is likely to be adaptive under sperm competition, enabling males to balance the energetic costs and paternity-enhancing benefits of ejaculate production, and is a potentially widespread explanation for intraspecific variation in ejaculate expenditure.
Stichworte
spermatogenesis;
sexual selection;
Mus musculus domesticus;
phenotypic plasticity;
sperm competition
Erscheinungsjahr
2009
Zeitschriftentitel
Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Band
276
Ausgabe
1657
Seite(n)
745-751
ISSN
0962-8452
eISSN
1471-2954
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https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2491874
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Ramm SA, Stockley P. Adaptive plasticity of mammalian sperm production in response to social experience. Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 2009;276(1657):745-751.
Ramm, S. A., & Stockley, P. (2009). Adaptive plasticity of mammalian sperm production in response to social experience. Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 276(1657), 745-751. doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1296
Ramm, Steven A., and Stockley, Paula. 2009. “Adaptive plasticity of mammalian sperm production in response to social experience”. Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 276 (1657): 745-751.
Ramm, S. A., and Stockley, P. (2009). Adaptive plasticity of mammalian sperm production in response to social experience. Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 276, 745-751.
Ramm, S.A., & Stockley, P., 2009. Adaptive plasticity of mammalian sperm production in response to social experience. Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 276(1657), p 745-751.
S.A. Ramm and P. Stockley, “Adaptive plasticity of mammalian sperm production in response to social experience”, Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences, vol. 276, 2009, pp. 745-751.
Ramm, S.A., Stockley, P.: Adaptive plasticity of mammalian sperm production in response to social experience. Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 276, 745-751 (2009).
Ramm, Steven A., and Stockley, Paula. “Adaptive plasticity of mammalian sperm production in response to social experience”. Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 276.1657 (2009): 745-751.
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