Consistent paternity skew through ontogeny in Peron's tree frog (Litoria peronii) Sherman, Craig D. H., Wapstra, Erik and Olsson, Mats 2009, Consistent paternity skew through ontogeny in Peron's tree frog (Litoria peronii), PLo S one, vol. 4, no. 12, Article number: e8252, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008252. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads sherman-consistentpaternity-2009.pdf Published version application/pdf 322.49KB 84 Title Consistent paternity skew through ontogeny in Peron's tree frog (Litoria peronii) Formatted title Consistent paternity skew through ontogeny in Peron's tree frog (Litoria peronii) Author(s) Sherman, Craig D. H. orcid.org/0000-0003-2099-0462 Wapstra, Erik Olsson, Mats Journal name PLo S one Volume number 4 Issue number 12 Season Article number: e8252 Start page 1 End page 4 Total pages 4 Publisher Public Library of Science Place of publication San Francisco, Calif. Publication date 2009 ISSN 1932-6203 Summary Background A large number of studies in postcopulatory sexual selection use paternity success as a proxy for fertilization success. However, selective mortality during embryonic development can lead to skews in paternity in situations of polyandry and sperm competition. Thus, when assessment of paternity fails to incorporate mortality skews during early ontogeny, this may interfere with correct interpretation of results and subsequent evolutionary inference. In a previous series of in vitro sperm competition experiments with amphibians (Litoria peronii), we showed skewed paternity patterns towards males more genetically similar to the female. Methodology/Principal Findings Here we use in vitro fertilizations and sperm competition trials to test if this pattern of paternity of fully developed tadpoles reflects patterns of paternity at fertilization and if paternity skews changes during embryonic development. We show that there is no selective mortality through ontogeny and that patterns of paternity of hatched tadpoles reflects success of competing males in sperm competition at fertilization. Conclusions/Significance While this study shows that previous inferences of fertilization success from paternity data are valid for this species, rigorous testing of these assumptions is required to ensure that differential embryonic mortality does not confound estimations of true fertilization success. Language eng DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0008252 Field of Research 060803 Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology 060411 Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics Socio Economic Objective 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30024143 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Open Access Collection Centre for Integrative Ecology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 26 Feb 2010, 07:41:06 EST Wed, 28 Apr 2010, 12:58:57 EST Thu, 29 Apr 2010, 13:24:04 EST Wed, 15 Feb 2012, 14:44:36 EST Fri, 04 Jul 2014, 15:29:04 EST Thu, 10 Jul 2014, 16:19:39 EST Thu, 10 Jul 2014, 16:20:20 EST Wed, 01 Oct 2014, 13:37:53 EST Fri, 26 Aug 2016, 14:20:09 EST Mon, 05 Sep 2016, 15:16:02 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 14:37:24 EST Tue, 31 Jan 2017, 10:17:45 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 12:19:20 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 3 times in TR Web of Science Cited 3 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 899 Abstract Views, 84 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 26 Feb 2010, 07:41:06 EST

Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au.