title: Paternal identity impacts embryonic development for two species of freshwater fish.
abstract: Paternal, compared to maternal, contributions were believed to have only a limited influence on embryonic development and larval fitness traits in fishes. Therefore, the perspective of male influence on early life history traits has come under scrutiny. This study was conducted to determine parental effects on the rate of eyed embryos of Ide Leuciscus idus and Northern pike Esox lucius. Five sires and five dams from each species were crossed using a quantitative genetic breeding design and the resulting 25 sib groups of each species were reared to the embryonic eyed stage. We then partition variation in embryonic phenotypic performance to maternal, paternal, and parental interactions using the Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) model. Results showed that paternal, maternal, and the paternal×maternal interaction terms were highly significant for both species; clearly demonstrating that certain family combinations were more compatible than others. Paternal effects explained 20.24% of the total variance, which was 2-fold higher than the maternal effects (10.73%) in Ide, while paternal effects explained 18.9% of the total variance, which was 15-fold higher than the maternal effects (1.3%) in Northern pike. Together, these results indicate that male effects are of major importance during embryonic development for these species. Furthermore, this study demonstrates that genetic compatibility between sires and dams plays an important role and needs to be taken into consideration for reproduction of these and likely other economically important fish species.
authors.affiliation: University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25 Vodňany, Czech Republic. Electronic address: siddique@frov.jcu.cz.
authors.forename: Mohammad Abdul Momin
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Siddique
authors.affiliation: University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25 Vodňany, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Otomar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Linhart
authors.affiliation: Department of Lake and River Fisheries, Warmia and Mazury University in Olsztyn, ul. Oczapowskiego 5, PL 10-719 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Poland.
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krejszeff
authors.affiliation: Department of Lake and River Fisheries, Warmia and Mazury University in Olsztyn, ul. Oczapowskiego 5, PL 10-719 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Poland; Szent István University, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Department of Aquaculture, 2100 Gödöllő, Páter K. u. 1, Hungary.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Żarski
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada; Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada.
authors.forename: Trevor E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Pitcher
authors.affiliation: DTU Aqua-National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Section for Marine Ecology and Oceanography, Technical University of Denmark, Charlottenlund Slot, Jægersborg Allé 1, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark.
authors.forename: Sebastian Nikitas
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Politis
authors.affiliation: DTU Aqua-National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Section for Marine Ecology and Oceanography, Technical University of Denmark, Charlottenlund Slot, Jægersborg Allé 1, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark.
authors.forename: Ian Anthony Ernest
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Butts
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D047108:Embryonic Development; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000196:embryology*; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity
keywords: Ide; Maternal effects; Northern pike; Paternal effects