Meulen, H. van der (2023) The effect of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection on female mate choice in the poison dart frog Dendrobates auratus. Master's Research Project 2, Ecology and Evolution.
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Abstract
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a fungal pathogen that has currently infected over half of the studied species and is causing severe amphibian declines worldwide. It is crucial to better understand how species can evolve resistance against newly emerging diseases. To investigate this in the particularly urgent case of Bd, this study aimed to identify the effect of Bd infection on female mate choice, for which the poison dart frog Dendrobates auratus was utilized as a study system. Female mate preference was analyzed for specific males and in relation to the level of resistance to Bd the males possess to identify if a preference for resistance exists. This study finds a change in mate choice associated with Bd infection and suggests that increased selection for resistance is possible when phenotypic traits informative about resistance level become visible through infection in potential mates.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master's Research Project 2) |
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| Supervisor name: | Dugdale, H.L. and Sabino Pinto, J.I. |
| Degree programme: | Ecology and Evolution |
| Thesis type: | Master's Research Project 2 |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jan 2024 15:26 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jan 2024 15:26 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/31813 |
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