title: Same school, different conduct: rates of multiple paternity vary within a mixed-species breeding school of semi-pelagic cichlid fish (Cyprichromis spp.).
abstract: Mating system variability is known to exist between and within species, often due to environmental influences. An open question is whether, vice versa, similar environmental conditions entail congruent mating behavior, for example in terms of multiple paternity, in species or populations sharing largely comparable breeding modes. This study employed microsatellite markers to investigate the incidence of multiple paternity in Cyprichromis coloratus and Cyprichromis leptosoma, two sympatric, closely related, mouthbrooding Lake Tanganyika cichlids with similar ecological and behavioral characteristics including the formation of open-water schools. Mouthbrooding females of both species were collected from the same mixed-species breeding school at the same time, minimizing environmental variation during courtship and mating. In C. coloratus, four of 12 broods had more than one sire, with a mean of 1.33 reconstructed sires per brood. C. leptosoma exhibited multiple paternity in 18 of 22 broods, with a mean of 2.59 or 2.86 reconstructed sires per brood according to the programs gerud and colony, respectively. In addition, two broods were found to contain offspring transplanted from another brood. There was no significant difference in brood size between species, but mean sire number did differ significantly. Hence, substantial similarity in reproductive behavior along with shared environmental conditions during courtship and spawning did not lead to equal rates of polyandry or sneaking in the two species.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology University of Graz Universitätsplatz 2 8010 Graz Austria.
authors.forename: Caleb
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology University of Graz Universitätsplatz 2 8010 Graz Austria.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Werdenig
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology University of Graz Universitätsplatz 2 8010 Graz Austria.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koblmüller
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology University of Graz Universitätsplatz 2 8010 Graz Austria.
authors.forename: Kristina M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Sefc
keywords: Breeding systems; Lake Tanganyika; microsatellites; polyandry; sneaking
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