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Science 7 December 1990:
Vol. 250. no. 4986, pp. 1394 - 1397
DOI: 10.1126/science.250.4986.1394
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Articles
Realized Reproductive Success of Polygynous Red-Winged Blackbirds Revealed by DNA Markers
H. Lisle Gibbs 1,
Patrick J. Weatherhead 2,
Peter T. Boag 1,
Bradley N. White 1,
Lisa M. Tabak 1, and
Drew J. Hoysak 2
1 Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
2 Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6
Hypervariable genetic markers, including a novel locus-specific marker detected by a mouse major histocompatibility complex probe, reveal that multiple paternity is common in families of polygynous red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus). Almost half of all nests contained at least one chick resulting from an extra-pair fertilization, usually by a neighboring male. Genetically based measures of reproductive success show that individual males realize more than 20% of their overall success from extra-pair fertilizations, on average, and that this form of mating behavior confounds traditional measures of male success. The importance of alternative reproductive tactics in a polygynous bird is quantified, and the results challenge previous explanations for the evolution of avian polygny.
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