論文

査読有り
2016年12月

Variation of clutch size and trophic egg proportion in a ladybird with and without male-killing bacterial infection

EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY
  • Suzuki Noriyuki
  • ,
  • Yukari Suzuki-Ohno
  • ,
  • Koh-Ichi Takakura

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開始ページ
1081
終了ページ
1095
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1007/s10682-016-9861-4
出版者・発行元
SPRINGER

Maternally inherited bacterial endosymbionts can kill male embryos of their arthropod hosts to enhance the transmission efficiency of the endosymbionts. The resources from killed male eggs can be reallocated to infected female hatchlings as additional maternal investment. As a result, the number of offspring per patch and the maternal investment per offspring are expected to differ from the original optimal values for the host mother. Thus, in response to infection, these trait values should be adjusted to maximize the lifetime reproductive success of host females and the fitness of inherited endosymbionts as well. Here, we examined clutch size, egg size, and the proportion of trophic eggs (i.e., production of unhatched eggs, a maternal phenotype) per clutch of host mothers infected with male-killing bacteria. First, we developed a mathematical model to predict the optimal clutch size and trophic egg proportion in uninfected and infected females. Next, we experimentally compared these life-history traits in a ladybird, Harmonia yedoensis, between females infected or uninfected with male-killing Spiroplasma bacteria. Consistent with our predictions, clutch size was larger, egg size was smaller, and trophic egg proportion was lower in infected H. yedoensis females, compared with uninfected females. To our knowledge, this is the first empirical demonstration of variation in these life-history traits depending on infection with bacterial endosymbionts.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-016-9861-4
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000387603600007&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1007/s10682-016-9861-4
  • ISSN : 0269-7653
  • eISSN : 1573-8477
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000387603600007

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