{"_id":"4ENfynPtRWK2aAwYB","bibbaseid":"forstmeier-martin-bolund-schielzeth-kempenaers-femaleextrapairmatingbehaviorcanevolveviaindirectselectiononmales-2011","author_short":["Forstmeier, W.","Martin, K.","Bolund, E.","Schielzeth, H.","Kempenaers, B."],"bibdata":{"bibtype":"article","type":"article","author":[{"firstnames":["Wolfgang"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Forstmeier"],"suffixes":[]},{"firstnames":["Katrin"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Martin"],"suffixes":[]},{"firstnames":["Elisabeth"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Bolund"],"suffixes":[]},{"firstnames":["Holger"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Schielzeth"],"suffixes":[]},{"firstnames":["Bart"],"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Kempenaers"],"suffixes":[]}],"journal":"Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A","title":"Female extrapair mating behavior can evolve via indirect selection on males","year":"2011","number":"26","pages":"10608–10613","volume":"108","abstract":"In many species that form socially monogamous pair bonds, a considerable proportion of the offspring is sired by extrapair males. This observation has remained a puzzle for evolutionary biologists: although mating outside the pair bond can obviously increase the offspring production of males, the benefits of such behavior to females are less clear, yet females are known to actively solicit extrapair copulations. For more than two decades adaptionist explanations have dominated the discussions, yet remain controversial, and genetic constraint arguments have been dismissed without much consideration. An intriguing but still untested hypothesis states that extrapair mating behavior by females may be affected by the same genetic variants (alleles) as extrapair mating behavior by males, such that the female behavior could evolve through indirect selection on the male behavior. Here we show that in the socially monogamous zebra finch, individual differences in extrapair mating behavior have a hereditary component. Intriguingly, this genetic basis is shared between the sexes, as shown by a strong genetic correlation between male and female measurements of extrapair mating behavior. Hence, positive selection on males to sire extrapair young will lead to increased extrapair mating by females as a correlated evolutionary response. This behavior leads to a fundamentally different view of female extrapair mating: it may exist even if females obtain no net benefit from it, simply because the corresponding alleles were positively selected in the male ancestors.","doi":"10.1073/pnas.1103195108","language":"eng","medline-pst":"ppublish","pmid":"21670288","school":"Department Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics, The Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, D-82319 Seewiesen, Germany.","timestamp":"2011.07.07","bibtex":"@Article{Forstmeier2011,\n author = {Wolfgang Forstmeier and Katrin Martin and Elisabeth Bolund and Holger Schielzeth and Bart Kempenaers},\n journal = {Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A},\n title = {Female extrapair mating behavior can evolve via indirect selection on males},\n year = {2011},\n number = {26},\n pages = {10608--10613},\n volume = {108},\n abstract = {In many species that form socially monogamous pair bonds, a considerable\n\tproportion of the offspring is sired by extrapair males. This observation\n\thas remained a puzzle for evolutionary biologists: although mating\n\toutside the pair bond can obviously increase the offspring production\n\tof males, the benefits of such behavior to females are less clear,\n\tyet females are known to actively solicit extrapair copulations.\n\tFor more than two decades adaptionist explanations have dominated\n\tthe discussions, yet remain controversial, and genetic constraint\n\targuments have been dismissed without much consideration. An intriguing\n\tbut still untested hypothesis states that extrapair mating behavior\n\tby females may be affected by the same genetic variants (alleles)\n\tas extrapair mating behavior by males, such that the female behavior\n\tcould evolve through indirect selection on the male behavior. Here\n\twe show that in the socially monogamous zebra finch, individual differences\n\tin extrapair mating behavior have a hereditary component. Intriguingly,\n\tthis genetic basis is shared between the sexes, as shown by a strong\n\tgenetic correlation between male and female measurements of extrapair\n\tmating behavior. Hence, positive selection on males to sire extrapair\n\tyoung will lead to increased extrapair mating by females as a correlated\n\tevolutionary response. This behavior leads to a fundamentally different\n\tview of female extrapair mating: it may exist even if females obtain\n\tno net benefit from it, simply because the corresponding alleles\n\twere positively selected in the male ancestors.},\n doi = {10.1073/pnas.1103195108},\n language = {eng},\n medline-pst = {ppublish},\n pmid = {21670288},\n school = {Department Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics, The Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, D-82319 Seewiesen, Germany.},\n timestamp = {2011.07.07},\n}\n\n","author_short":["Forstmeier, W.","Martin, K.","Bolund, E.","Schielzeth, H.","Kempenaers, B."],"key":"Forstmeier2011","id":"Forstmeier2011","bibbaseid":"forstmeier-martin-bolund-schielzeth-kempenaers-femaleextrapairmatingbehaviorcanevolveviaindirectselectiononmales-2011","role":"author","urls":{},"metadata":{"authorlinks":{}}},"bibtype":"article","biburl":"http://endress.org/publications/ansgar.bib","dataSources":["xPGxHAeh3vZpx4yyE","TXa55dQbNoWnaGmMq"],"keywords":[],"search_terms":["female","extrapair","mating","behavior","evolve","via","indirect","selection","males","forstmeier","martin","bolund","schielzeth","kempenaers"],"title":"Female extrapair mating behavior can evolve via indirect selection on males","year":2011}