Experience matters: females use smell to select experienced males for paternal care.

Mate choice and mating preferences often rely on the information content of signals exchanged between potential partners. In species where a female's reproduction is the terminal event in life it is to be expected that females choose high quality males and assess males using some honest indicat...

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Autores principales:	Nichola Fletcher, Ellen J Storey, Magnus Johnson, Donald J Reish, Jörg D Hardege
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d9c27e90f5b4405db3c2038bea0202232021-11-25T06:28:20ZExperience matters: females use smell to select experienced males for paternal care.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0007672https://doaj.org/article/d9c27e90f5b4405db3c2038bea0202232009-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19888341/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Mate choice and mating preferences often rely on the information content of signals exchanged between potential partners. In species where a female's reproduction is the terminal event in life it is to be expected that females choose high quality males and assess males using some honest indicator of male quality. The Nereidid polychaete, Neanthes acuminata, exhibits monogamous pairing and the release of eggs by females terminates her life and larval success relies entirely on a male's ability to provide paternal care. As such females should have developed reliable, condition-dependent criteria to choose mates to guarantee survival and care for offspring. We show that females actively chose males experienced in fatherhood over others. In the absence of experienced males dominance, as evident from male-male fights, is utilized for mate selection. The preference for experienced males is not affected by previous social interactions between the individuals. We show that the choice of the partner is based on chemical signals demonstrating a 'scent of experience' to females providing evidence for the role of chemical signals in sexual selection for paternal care adding to our understanding of the mechanisms regulating condition-dependent mate choice.Nichola FletcherEllen J StoreyMagnus JohnsonDonald J ReishJörg D HardegePublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 4, Iss 11, p e7672 (2009)
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description	Mate choice and mating preferences often rely on the information content of signals exchanged between potential partners. In species where a female's reproduction is the terminal event in life it is to be expected that females choose high quality males and assess males using some honest indicator of male quality. The Nereidid polychaete, Neanthes acuminata, exhibits monogamous pairing and the release of eggs by females terminates her life and larval success relies entirely on a male's ability to provide paternal care. As such females should have developed reliable, condition-dependent criteria to choose mates to guarantee survival and care for offspring. We show that females actively chose males experienced in fatherhood over others. In the absence of experienced males dominance, as evident from male-male fights, is utilized for mate selection. The preference for experienced males is not affected by previous social interactions between the individuals. We show that the choice of the partner is based on chemical signals demonstrating a 'scent of experience' to females providing evidence for the role of chemical signals in sexual selection for paternal care adding to our understanding of the mechanisms regulating condition-dependent mate choice.
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author	Nichola Fletcher Ellen J Storey Magnus Johnson Donald J Reish Jörg D Hardege
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title	Experience matters: females use smell to select experienced males for paternal care.
title_short	Experience matters: females use smell to select experienced males for paternal care.
title_full	Experience matters: females use smell to select experienced males for paternal care.
title_fullStr	Experience matters: females use smell to select experienced males for paternal care.
title_full_unstemmed	Experience matters: females use smell to select experienced males for paternal care.
title_sort	experience matters: females use smell to select experienced males for paternal care.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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Experience matters: females use smell to select experienced males for paternal care.

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