Host genotype and age have no effect on rejection of parasitic eggs

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-014-1171-5" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-014-1171-5</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-014-1171-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00114-014-1171-5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Host genotype and age have no effect on rejection of parasitic eggs

Original language description

Egg rejection belongs to a widely used host tactic to prevent the costs incurred by avian brood parasitism. However, the genetic basis of this behaviour and the effect of host age on the probability of rejecting the parasitic egg remain largely unknown.Here, we used a set of 15 polymorphic microsatellite loci, including a previously detected candidate locus (Ase64), to link genotypes of female great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus), a known rejecter, with their egg rejection responses in two host populations. We also tested whether host female age, as a measure of the experience with own eggs, plays a role in rejection of common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) eggs. We failed to find any consistent association of egg rejection responses with host female genotypes or age. It seems that host decisions on egg rejection show high levels of phenotypic plasticity and are likely to depend on the spatiotemporal variation in the parasitism pressure. Future studies exploring the repeatability

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Naturwissenschaften

ISSN

0028-1042

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

101

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

417-426

UT code for WoS article

000335671800006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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