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ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
卷 76, 期 -, 页码 87-95出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.01.012
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alpine marmot; cooperative breeding; inbreeding; Marmota marmota; mating system; miscrosatellite; relatedness; reproductive skew
Extrapair paternity is widespread in birds and mammals. In particular, the alpine marmot, Marmota marmota, has a high frequency of extrapair paternity that seems to be explained by the genetic compatibility hypothesis. We investigated whether the number and proportion of extrapair young depend on the heterozygosity (individual genetic diversity) of the social male, or on the genetic similarity between the social male and his mate (relatedness). Both the number and the proportion of extrapair young increased with both high similarity and dissimilarity between the social pair. In combination with previous results, our study suggests that patterns of extrapair paternity in alpine marmots can best be explained by the genetic compatibility hypothesis, and more precisely its optimal outbreeding variant. Our results indeed suggest that extrapair paternity is a mechanism to avoid both in- and outbreeding depression. We discuss which proximal mechanisms may be involved in extrapair paternity in this species. (C) 2008 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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