Interspecific diversity of testes mass and sperm morphology in the Philippine chrotomyine rodents: implications for differences in breeding systems across the species

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作者
Breed, William G. [1 ,3 ]
Hassan, Hazirah [1 ,4 ]
Gonzalez, Macarena [1 ]
McLennan, Hanna J. [1 ]
Leigh, Chris M. [1 ]
Heaney, Lawrence R. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Adelaide, Sch Med, Robinson Res Inst, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
[2] Field Museum Nat Hist, Div Mammals, 1400 South Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605 USA
[3] Univ Adelaide, Sch Biol Sci, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
[4] Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Fac Med, Dept Biochem, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
关键词
mating system; Philippine rodents; sexual selection; testis size; ENDEMIC RODENTS; SIZE; COMPETITION; EVOLUTION; DIVERSIFICATION; COLONIZATION; APOMYS;
D O I
10.1071/RD18278
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The high diversity of native Philippine murid rodents includes an old endemic group, the chrotomyines, which are the sister group of the Australasian hydromyines. Herein we detail their interspecific diversity of relative testes mass (RTM) and sperm morphology. We find that in chrotomyines, as in the Australasian hydromyines, testes mass relative to body mass differs by an order of magnitude across the species and ranges from a large RTM in Soricomys and Chrotomys species to a small RTM in Apomys. Sperm morphology is associated with these findings, with individuals in species of Soricomys and Chrotomys producing relatively larger spermatozoa with a prominent apical hook and long tail, whereas, by contrast, the Apomys species have a sperm head that either has a very short or no apical hook and a shorter tail. These findings indicate coevolution of RTM with sperm morphological traits across the species, with the marked interspecific differences in RTM suggesting differences in the intensity of intermale sperm competition and hence breeding system. Thus, we hypothesise that species of Soricomys and Chrotomys that produce more streamlined spermatozoa with longer tails have a polyandrous or promiscuous mating system, whereas the Apomys species, which produce smaller and less streamlined spermatozoa, may exhibit monogamy.
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