ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2001
Sperm quality in the alternative reproductive tactics of Atlantic salmon: the importance of the loaded raffle mechanism.
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- Experimental manipulation of reproductive tactics in Seba's short-tailed bats: consequences on sperm quality and oxidative status.Current zoology · 2019Article
- The bold and the sperm: positive association between boldness and sperm number in the guppy.Royal Society open science · 2019Article
- Sperm size is negatively related to relative testis size in West African riverine cichlid fishes.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2019Article
- Alternative male morphs solve sperm performance/longevity trade-off in opposite directions.Science advances · 2018Article
- Sneaker "jack" males outcompete dominant "hooknose" males under sperm competition in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).Ecology and evolution · 2013Article
- Tactic-specific differences in seminal fluid influence sperm performance.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2013Article
- How multiple mating by females affects sexual selection.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2013Review
- Evolution of sperm structure and energetics in passerine birds.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2013Article
- Stressful environments induce novel phenotypic variation: hierarchical reaction norms for sperm performance of a pervasive invader.Ecology and evolution · 2012Article
- Subordinate male cichlids retain reproductive competence during social suppression.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2012Article
- Alternative Reproductive Tactics in the Shell-Brooding Lake Tanganyika Cichlid Neolamprologus brevis.International journal of evolutionary biology · 2012Article
- Quantitative genetic evidence that males trade attractiveness for ejaculate quality in guppies.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2010Article
- No evidence for sperm priming responses under varying sperm competition risk or intensity in guppies.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2009Article
- Male crickets adjust ejaculate quality with both risk and intensity of sperm competition.Biology letters · 2007Article
- Social competitiveness associated with rapid fluctuations in sperm quality in male fowl.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2007Article
- Evolutionary trade-off between weapons and testes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2006Article
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Abstract
The outcome of sperm competition in species with alternative male reproductive strategies may be determined by fair or loaded raffle mechanisms. The sperm production and quality of male Atlantic salmon using alternative reproductive tactics were investigated in order to determine the relative importance of sperm quality for male reproductive success. Sexually mature resident parr males produced greater numbers of spermatozoa per millilitre of ejaculate and invested more in their gonads as a percentage of body mass than their anadromous counterparts. Parr males had greater proportions of motile spermatozoa and a greater sperm ATP content as compared with anadromous males. Parr males invested relatively more in sperm quality and sperm numbers after the effect of body size was accounted for. In fertilization experiments, parr males fertilized greater proportions of eggs than anadromous males. A polynomial model exhibited a trade-off between testes mass and ejaculate expenditure and explained 60% of the variation. These results establish that, in sperm competition with dominant males, parr males may compensate for behavioural subordinance by producing physiologically superior spermatozoa.
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