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Sperm and alternative reproductive tactics: a review of existing theory and empirical data
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences ( IF 6.3 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-19 , DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0075
Matthew C Kustra 1 , Suzanne H Alonzo 1
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Males that exhibit alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) often differ in the risk of sperm competition and the energetic trade-offs they experience. The resulting patterns of selection could lead to between-tactic differences in ejaculate traits. Despite extensive research on male ARTs, there is no comprehensive review of whether and what differences in sperm traits exist between male ARTs. We review existing theory on ejaculate evolution relevant to ARTs and then conduct a comprehensive vote-counting review of the empirical data comparing sperm traits between males adopting ARTs. Despite the general expectation that sneaker males should produce sperm that are more competitive (e.g. higher quality or performance), we find that existing theory does not predict explicitly how males adopting ARTs should differ in sperm traits. The majority of studies find no significant difference in sperm performance traits between dominant and sneaker males. However, when there is a difference, sneaker males tend to have higher sperm performance trait values than dominant males. We propose ways that future theoretical and empirical research can improve our understanding of the evolution of ejaculate traits in ARTs. We then highlight how studying ejaculate traits in species with ARTs will improve our broader knowledge of ejaculate evolution.

This article is part of the theme issue ‘Fifty years of sperm competition’.



中文翻译:

精子和替代生殖策略:现有理论和经验数据的回顾

表现出替代生殖策略 (ARTs) 的雄性通常在精子竞争的风险和他们经历的能量权衡方面有所不同。由此产生的选择模式可能导致射精特征的策略差异。尽管对男性 ART 进行了广泛的研究,但没有全面审查男性 ART 之间是否存在精子特征以及存在哪些差异。我们回顾了与 ART 相关的射精进化的现有理论,然后对比较采用 ART 的男性之间的精子特征的经验数据进行全面的计票审查。尽管普遍期望运动鞋男性应该产生更具竞争力的精子(例如更高的质量或性能),但我们发现现有理论并没有明确预测采用 ART 的男性在精子特征方面应该如何不同。大多数研究发现优势男性和运动鞋男性之间的精子性能特征没有显着差异。然而,当存在差异时,运动鞋男性往往比优势男性具有更高的精子性能特征值。我们提出了未来理论和实证研究可以提高我们对 ART 中射精特征演变的理解的方法。然后,我们强调研究具有 ART 的物种的射精特征将如何提高我们对射精进化的更广泛了解。我们提出了未来理论和实证研究可以提高我们对 ART 中射精特征演变的理解的方法。然后,我们强调研究具有 ART 的物种的射精特征将如何提高我们对射精进化的更广泛了解。我们提出了未来理论和实证研究可以提高我们对 ART 中射精特征演变的理解的方法。然后,我们强调研究具有 ART 的物种的射精特征将如何提高我们对射精进化的更广泛了解。

本文是“精子竞赛五十年”主题刊的一部分。

更新日期:2020-10-19
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