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Sex-specific nest defense in house sparrows (Passer domesticus) varies with badge size of males 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Heinz-Ulrich Reyer Wiltrud Fischer Pascale Steck Thomas Nabulon Philip Kessler 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1998,42(2):93-99
According to indicator models of sexual selection, females can benefit from choosing males with above average epigamic traits,
but empirical evidence for such benefits is scarce. Here, we report results from an experiment with 29 pairs of house sparrows
(Passer domesticus) where the intensity of nest defense against a mounted mustelid predator was related to the size of the black throat and
breast patch (“badge”) in males. Using principal components analysis (PCA), original response variables of both sexes were
reduced to two factors: “Approach” to the predator and “Distant warning”. “Approach”, the more risky behavior, increased from
small- through medium- to large-badged males and decreased in their females. Since large-badged males have a higher certainty
of paternity (i.e. greater benefits from defense) and may be older and more experienced (i.e. incur lower costs), the most
likely explanation for male defense intensity increasing with badge size is an improving benefit/cost ratio. The resulting
optimal response of their females and evolutionarily stable participation in joint parental care is illustrated by a graphical
model. It shows that females would, indeed, benefit directly from choosing large-badged males. This, however, is no proof
of a direct evolutionary tie between badge size and paternal behavior, as assumed by indicator models of sexual selection.
It may simply represent a spurious relationship, originating from the correlation of badge size and defense with confidence
of paternity.
Received: 22 September 1997 / Accepted after revision: 3 November 1997 相似文献
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Michael Beck MD Susanne Braun Wiltrud Coerdt Eberhard Merz Elisabeth Young Adrian C. Sewell 《黑龙江环境通报》1992,12(12):1019-1029
A fetus with mucopolysaccharidosis type IV A (Morquio type A) is described. The family had one affected child exhibiting symptoms of classical Morquio A disease, and late in the subsequent pregnancy prenatal diagnosis was requested. At 23 weeks' gestation, moderate ascites was detected by detailed ultrasound scan and keratan sulphate was found in the amniotic fluid. The pregnancy was terminated by prostaglandin induction and the diagnosis of mucopolysaccharidosis type IV A was confirmed by demonstration of a deficiency of N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulphate (GalNac-6-S) sulphatase in cultured amniotic cells and in post-mortem fibroblast cultures. The activities of β-galactosidase and arylsulphatase A were normal, ruling out Morquio disease type B and multiple sulphatase deficiency. These results indicate that mucopolysaccharidosis IV A (a disease that predominantly affects the skeletal system) may produce ascites in the fetus to such an extent that it can be detected by ultrasound. 相似文献
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Dr Wiltrud Coerdt Helga Rehder Hans-Jürgen Gebauer Wolfgang Holzgreve Franz Klink Peter Miny Bernt Schulze 《黑龙江环境通报》1988,8(9):647-659
Cardiac defects were studied in five chromosomally abnormal embryos of 10–14 weeks' gestation by free-hand microdissection of hearts measuring 2·5–6 mm in diameter. The type of cardiac malformation alone or in association with other anomalies helped to confirm the chromosome diagnosis established prenatally by chorionic villus sampling or after spontaneous abortion. It was suggestive of a chromosomal disorder in one case in which cytogenetic investigation had failed. 相似文献
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