EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY AND INTRASPECIFIC BROOD PARASITISM IN THE EUROPEAN STARLING, STURNUS-VULGARIS - EVIDENCE FROM DNA FINGERPRINTING

被引：91

作者：

PINXTEN, R ^{[1
]}

HANOTTE, O ^{[1
]}

EENS, M ^{[1
]}

VERHEYEN, RF ^{[1
]}

DHONDT, AA ^{[1
]}

BURKE, T ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV LEICESTER, DEPT ZOOL, LEICESTER LE1 7RH, ENGLAND

来源：

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR | 1993年 / 45卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1006/anbe.1993.1093

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

The frequency of extra-pair paternity and intraspecific brood parasitism was determined, using multilocus DNA fingerprinting, in a single population of the European starling during two subsequent breeding seasons. The results were compared with behavioural data about the rates of extra-pair copulation and intraspecific brood parasitism. Fourteen families including 62 chicks were analysed. Behavioural observations suggested a low level of intraspecific brood parasitism and indeed only one case was detected by DNA fingerprinting. Extra-pair copulations were not observed, but the DNA fingerprint data revealed six offspring (9·7%) from four broods (28·6%) where the putative father of the chick was not the genetic father. One brood was fathered by three different males. Behavioural observations suggested that at least three cases of extra-pair paternity (three offspring from two broods) could have arisen through rapid mate replacement rather than through extra-pair copulations. There was no significant evidence that polygynous males suffer from a higher risk of being cuckolded than monogamous males. © 1993 Academic Press, Inc.

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页码：795 / 809

页数：15

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