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    Genetic evidence for promiscuity in the Ornate Tinamou<i>Nothoprocta ornata</i>(Aves: Tinamiformes)
    (Oxford University Press, 2016) Lina M. Giraldo‐Deck; Jan Christian Habel; Harald Meimberg; Álvaro Garitano‐Zavala
    Tinamous have male-only parental care. For their mating system, simultaneous polygyny and sequential polyandry is proposed as an optimal model and is confirmed in all species according to the existing literature, except in the Ornate Tinamou. For the Ornate Tinamou a monogamous mating system is reported. However, this knowledge is based only on few direct observations in the field. Social monogamy in association with promiscuity would probably expose males to cuckoldry and, at the same time, constrain additional mating opportunities for them. To understand the evolutionary context for monogamy in the Ornate Tinamou, the present study aimed to determine whether this species is genetically monogamous or not and whether males are subjected to cuckoldry. We used polymorphic microsatellite markers to perform a sib-ship and paternity analysis based on samples from eggs and feathers of incubating males from four clutches. Promiscuity was found in all nests and the observed rate of cuckoldry ranged from 0% to 33.3%. These results rebut the consideration of monogamy for the Ornate Tinamou. Thus, the optimal model with polygynous males and polyandrous females prevails as an evolutionary stable strategy among tinamous, even in different social mating systems and despite high levels of cuckoldry.
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    New Microsatellite Markers for Two Sympatric Tinamou Species, the Ornate Tinamou (<i>Nothoprocta ornata</i>) and Darwin's Nothura (<i>Nothura darwinii</i>)
    (SAGE Publishing, 2016) Lina Maria Giraldo Deck; Jan Christian Habel; Manuel Curto; Martin Husemann; Sarah Sturm; Álvaro Garitano‐Zavala; Harald Meimberg
    Tinamous (Tinamidae) represent one of the most ancient living avian lineages but their life history traits are relatively unstudied. Here we identified microsatellite loci for two sympatric tinamou species, the Ornate Tinamou ( Nothoprocta ornata) and the Darwin's Nothura ( Nothura darwinii) from low coverage Illumina sequencing of genomic DNA. The experiment yielded a large number of candidate loci. We designed primers and tested them for successful amplification in 1 to 2 populations of the target species, tested for deviation from the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium and the presence of null alleles, the levels of polymorphism and potential cross-amplification. All 30 and 24 loci amplified consistently, in the Ornate Tinamou and in Darwin's Nothura, respectively. In the Ornate Tinamou, 25 loci were polymorphic and in the Darwin's Nothura 12, with 2 to 14 alleles per locus in both species. The expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.054 to 0.917 in the Ornate Tinamou and from 0.044 to 0.908 in the Darwin's Nothura. 23 (40%) of 54 loci were successfully cross-amplified. These newly discovered, polymorphic microsatellite loci represent a valuable tool for future studies on social behaviour, parentage and genetic population structure in tinamous.