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10600146

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
Studies of inbreeding and outcrossing have traditionally concentrated on matings within populations. The influence of geographical origin on mate choice in animals from different populations has received less attention. We investigated whether planorbid snails mated preferentially within their own population or with snails from other populations. Snails from three Biomphalaria pfeifferi strains and three B. glabrata strains were allowed to mate with conspecifics in the laboratory. We recorded their matings at night using time-lapse video. When they could choose between sympatric and allopatric snails, Biomphalaria snails significantly preferred the former: snails of each population mated more often with sympatric than with allopatric snails. This tendency to avoid outcrossing may indicate that, in some species, local adaptations can be more valuable than genetic novelties. Copyright 1999 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0003-3472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1247-51
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Impact of geographical origin on mating behaviour in two species of Biomphalaria (Planorbidae: Gastropoda).
pubmed:affiliation
Wellcome Trust Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article