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Data from: Mate availability determines use of alternative reproductive phenotypes in hermaphrodites (Dataset)
| Content Provider | Dryad |
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| Author | Felmy, Anja Weissert, Nora Jokela, Jukka |
| Abstract | In many species individuals can employ alternative reproductive phenotypes, with profound consequences for individual fitness and population dynamics. This is particularly relevant for self-compatible hermaphrodites, which have exceptionally many reproductive options. Here we investigated the occurrence of reproductive phenotypes in the simultaneously hermaphroditic freshwater snail Radix balthica under experimentally simulated conditions of low vs. moderate population density. We captured all mating behavior on camera and measured individual female lifetime reproductive success. We found every possible reproductive phenotype: (1) both male and female (i.e. truly hermaphroditic) reproduction, (2) purely female and (3) purely male reproduction, (4) male reproduction combined with self-fertilization and (5) female mating activity, (6) pure self‑fertilization without mating and (7-8) two types of reproductive failure. Variation in alternative reproductive phenotypes was explained by mate availability (10.8%) and individual condition, approximated by a snail’s mean daily growth rate (17.5%). Increased mate availability resulted in a lower diversity of reproductive phenotypes, in particular increasing the frequency of true hermaphrodites. However, it lowered phenotype-specific fecundities and hence reduced the population growth rate. Snails in better condition were more likely to reproduce as true hermaphrodites or pure females, while low-condition snails tended to suffer reproductive failure. Overall, we show substantial variation in alternative reproductive phenotypes in a hermaphrodite, which is possibly in part maintained by fluctuations in population density and thus mate availability, and by variation in individual condition. We also provide evidence of an almost two-fold increase in clutch size that can be ascribed specifically to mating as a female. |
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| ISSN | 10452249 |
| DOI | 10.5061/dryad.ns1rn8ppq |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2020-04-21 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Growth Rate Mate Availability Mating-system Evolution Selfing Simultaneous Hermaphroditism |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Data Set |
| Subject | Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics |
