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From: Mate-guarding behavior enhances male reproductive success via familiarization with mating partners in medaka fish

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Decreased mating success of non-subordinate males by no visual familiarization with potential mates. (a) Procedure for assessing the effect of visual familiarization on the mating success. In the separation condition, the female could see and become familiarized with only the non-dominant male. Based on the 6-day mate-guarding assay, we judged which of the two males was dominant. An example of a dominant WT male is shown. We compared the mean mating success rate of non-subordinate males under normal conditions for 3 days (Group1) and under the separation condition for 3 days (Group2). (b and c) Decreased mating success of the non-subordinate male by no visual familiarization. Mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05. Solid line and filled circle indicate dominant groups (N = 5) and the dashed line and open circle indicate equivalent groups (N = 4)

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