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dc.contributor.authorGerber, Nina
dc.contributor.authorKokko, Hanna
dc.contributor.authorEbert, Dieter
dc.contributor.authorBooksmythe, Isobel
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-01T11:49:48Z
dc.date.available2018-06-01T11:49:48Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationGerber, N., Kokko, H., Ebert, D., & Booksmythe, I. (2018). Daphnia invest in sexual reproduction when its relative costs are reduced. <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences</i>, <i>285</i>(1871), Article 20172176. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2176" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2176</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_27871369
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/58286
dc.description.abstractThe timing of sex in facultatively sexual organisms is critical to fitness, due to the differing demographic consequences of sexual versus asexual reproduction. In addition to the costs of sex itself, an association of sex with the production of dormant life stages also influences the optimal use of sex, especially in environments where resting eggs are essential to survive unfavourable conditions. Here we document population dynamics and the occurrence of sexual reproduction in natural populations of Daphnia magna across their growing season. The frequency of sexually reproducing females and males increased with population density and with decreasing asexual clutch sizes. The frequency of sexually reproducing females additionally increased as population growth rates decreased. Consistent with population dynamic models showing that the opportunity cost of sexual reproduction (foregoing contribution to current population growth) diminishes as populations approach carrying capacity, we found that investment in sexual reproduction was highest when asexual population growth was low or negative. Our results support the idea that the timing of sex is linked with periods when the relative cost of sex is reduced due to low potential asexual growth at high population densities. Thus, a combination of ecological and demographic factors affect the optimal timing of sexual reproduction, allowing D. magna to balance the necessity of sex against its costs.fi
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherThe Royal Society Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofseriesProceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences
dc.rightsIn Copyright
dc.subject.othervesikirputfi
dc.subject.otherlisääntyminenfi
dc.subject.othersuvullinen lisääntyminenfi
dc.subject.otherpopulaatiodynamiikkafi
dc.subject.otherCladocerafi
dc.subject.otherreproduction (biology)fi
dc.subject.othersexual reproductionfi
dc.subject.otherpopulation dynamicsfi
dc.titleDaphnia invest in sexual reproduction when its relative costs are reduced
dc.typeresearch article
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201805312930
dc.contributor.laitosBio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Biological and Environmental Scienceen
dc.contributor.oppiaineEkologia ja evoluutiobiologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiaineBiologisten vuorovaikutusten huippututkimusyksikköfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen
dc.contributor.oppiaineCentre of Excellence in Biological Interactions Researchen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2018-05-31T06:15:14Z
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.relation.issn0962-8452
dc.relation.numberinseries1871
dc.relation.volume285
dc.type.versionacceptedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2018 The Author(s)
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.type.publicationarticle
dc.subject.ysovesikirput
dc.subject.ysolisääntyminen
dc.subject.ysosuvullinen lisääntyminen
dc.subject.ysopopulaatiodynamiikka
dc.format.contentfulltext
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p14681
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p5683
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p14964
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p23558
dc.rights.urlhttp://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
dc.relation.doi10.1098/rspb.2017.2176
dc.type.okmA1


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