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dc.contributor.authorMøller, Anders Pape
dc.contributor.authorSøraker, Jørgen Skavdal
dc.contributor.authorSoler, Juan José
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-01T11:34:07Z
dc.date.available2022-09-01T11:34:07Z
dc.date.created2021-01-27T16:18:33Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn2053-7166
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3015122
dc.description.abstractBackground Extra-pair paternity (EPP) in birds provides benefits in terms of more offspring, and characteristics for maintenance of this behaviour have been the subject of investigation. Microorganisms are known to be transmitted during mating, especially when mating with multiple partners, and factors reducing this cost of multiple mating are expected. Further, plumage brightness and colour intensity have been shown to be important traits to benefits from multiple mating as predicted by sexual selection. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the rate of extra-pair paternity and the relative size of the uropygial gland at the interspecific level, as the uropygial gland is an exocrine gland hypothesized to produce antiparasitic substances and further identified to affect plumage brightness. Because of the expected benefits of large uropygial gland in scenarios of sexual selection, we predicted a positive correlation with EPP. Methods We collected information from the literature of uropygial gland size and frequency of extra-pair paternity of 60 avian species of different families and explored the predicted positive correlation between them. We did so with means of comparative analyses that considered phylogenetic relationship as random factor and included body mass as covariate. We used Markov chain Monte Carlo generalized linear mixed models that were weighted by number of nests used to estimate extra-pair paternity. Results We detected a positive relationship between level of extra-pair paternity and uropygial gland size at an interspecific level. This finding is consistent with the prediction. Conclusions We discuss the importance of this result in scenarios of sexual selection and argue that the detected relationship may have arisen by utilizing antiparasitic secretions through secondary sexual characters indicating parasite resistance.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherKeAi Communicationsen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleExtra‐pair paternity and antiparasitic defenceen_US
dc.title.alternativeExtra‐pair paternity and antiparasitic defenceen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.volume11en_US
dc.source.journalAvian Researchen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s40657-020-00226-5
dc.identifier.cristin1880592
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 223257en_US
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