Host species of a sexual-parasite do not differentiate between clones of Amazon mollies

Amber M Makowicz, Darrshini S Muthurajah, Ingo Schlupp and John FitzpatrickHandling Editor

Behavioral Ecology, 2018, vol. 29, issue 2, 387-392

Abstract: Species recognition is an important process prior to copulation that is thought to be continuous with mate and individual recognition. Amazon mollies—a sperm-parasitic fish—show recognition at the clonal level; here, we investigate if the sexual host species have the same capabilities. We show that both sexual hosts do not exhibit a detectable preference for different clonal females. This raises the possibility that clonal recognition evolved in the Amazon molly, not in its ancestors.

Keywords: clonal recognition; Poecilia formosa; Poecilia latipinna; Poecilia mexicana; sexual/unisexual mating complex (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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