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Interactions between population growth and sexual reproduction in the viviparous monogenean Gyrodactylus turnbulli Harris, 1986 from the guppy, Poecilia reticulata Peters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

P.D. Harris
P.D. Harris
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Comparative Physiology, University of Birmingham, P.O. Box 363, Birmingham B15 2TT
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Summary

Mating was observed in populations of Gyrodactylus turnbulli from guppies. Copulation took place between older (post-1st birth) flukes and resulted in the insemination of spermatozoa into the seminal receptacle. New-born flukes, and flukes which had only recently given birth for the first time (in which the penis was absent or developing), were never inseminated. Flukes were promiscuous, copulating with several partners in succession. The occurrence of mating was related to the size, age and crowding of the G. turnbulli population, taking place most frequently when the parasites were most densely crowded upon the peduncle of the fish on days 5 and 6 of the infection. Maximum population size was positively correlated with the number of flukes initiating an infection. As a result, mating began earlier, and continued for longer in populations founded by several parasites rather than those begun by single flukes. These observations are discussed with respect to the population biology of G. turnbulli: it is likely that sexual and asexual reproduction alternate, with sex being important only during phases of epidemic population growth. The significance of sex in gyrodactylids is discussed, and the potential importance of continuous sexual reproduction in G. turnbulli infections on cultivated guppies is noted.

Keywords

Gyrodactylus turnbullipopulation growthsexual reproductionPoecilia reticulata
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 98 , Issue 2 , April 1989 , pp. 245 - 251
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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