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ArticleBehavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology

Maternal age at maturation underpins contrasting behavior in offspring.

Tim Burton, Grethe Robertsen, David C Stewart, Simon McKelvey, John D Armstrong, Neil B Metcalfe

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Article in Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Tim BurtonInstitute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, MVLS, University of Glasgow , University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland UK.
Grethe RobertsenNorwegian Institute for Nature Research , Høgskoleringen 9, NO-7034 Trondheim , Norway.
David C StewartMarine Scotland Science, Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory , Faskally, Pitlochry, Perthshire PH16 5LB, Scotland , UK.
Simon McKelveyCromarty Firth Fisheries Board, CKD Galbraith , Reay House, 17 Old Edinburgh Rd, Inverness IV2 3HF UK.
John D ArmstrongMarine Scotland Science, Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory , Faskally, Pitlochry, Perthshire PH16 5LB, Scotland , UK.
Neil B MetcalfeInstitute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, MVLS, University of Glasgow , University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland UK.

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Abstract

In species where parental care occurs primarily via the provisioning of eggs, older females tend to produce larger offspring that have better fitness prospects. Remarkably however, a relationship between age of mother and fitness of offspring has also been reported independently of effects on offspring size suggesting that there may be other factors at play. Here, using experimental matings between wild Atlantic salmon that differed in their age at sexual maturation, we demonstrate distinct size-independent variation in the behavior of their offspring that was related to the maturation age of the mother (but not the father). We found that when juvenile salmon were competing for feeding territories, offspring of early-maturing mothers were more aggressive than those of late-maturing mothers, but were out-competed for food by them. This is the first demonstration of a link between natural variation in parental age at maturation and variation in offspring behavior.

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aggressioncompetitive abilitymaturation agemetabolic rateparental effects.

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PMID27656083
PMCPMC5027624

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