Data from: Kinship influences sperm whale social organization within, but generally not among, social units
Sperm whales have a multi-level social structure based upon long-term, cooperative social units. What role kinship plays in structuring this society is poorly understood. We combined extensive association data (518 days, during 2005-2016) and genetic data (18 microsatellites and 346bp mtDNA control...
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ftdans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:116999 2023-07-02T03:33:47+02:00 Data from: Kinship influences sperm whale social organization within, but generally not among, social units Konrad, Christine M. Gero, Shane Frasier, Timothy Whitehead, Hal 2018-08-07T15:28:21.000+02:00 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-dh-z4z7 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:116999 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.63464hf/1 doi:10.5061/dryad.63464hf/2 doi:10.1098/rsos.180914 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-dh-z4z7 doi:10.5061/dryad.63464hf https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:116999 OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf Life sciences medicine and health care 2018 ftdans https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.63464hf/110.5061/dryad.63464hf/210.1098/rsos.18091410.5061/dryad.63464hf 2023-06-13T13:33:48Z Sperm whales have a multi-level social structure based upon long-term, cooperative social units. What role kinship plays in structuring this society is poorly understood. We combined extensive association data (518 days, during 2005-2016) and genetic data (18 microsatellites and 346bp mtDNA control region sequences) for 65 individuals from 12 social units from the Eastern Caribbean to examine patterns of kinship and social behaviour. Social units were clearly matrilineally-based, evidenced by greater relatedness within social units (mean r=0.14) than between them (mean r=0.00) and uniform mtDNA haplotypes within social units. Additionally, most individuals (82.5%) had a first-degree relative in their social unit, while we found no first-degree relatives between social units. Generally and within social units, individuals associated more with their closer relatives(matrix correlations: 0.18-0.25). However, excepting a highly-related pair of social units that merged over the study period, associations between social units were not correlated with kinship (p>0.1). These results are the first to robustly demonstrate kinship’s contribution to social unit composition and association preferences, though they also reveal variability in association preferences that is unexplained by kinship. Comparisons with other matrilineal species highlight the range of possible matrilineal societies, and how they can vary between and even within species. Other/Unknown Material Sperm whale Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS): EASY (KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) |
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Life sciences medicine and health care Konrad, Christine M. Gero, Shane Frasier, Timothy Whitehead, Hal Data from: Kinship influences sperm whale social organization within, but generally not among, social units |
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Sperm whales have a multi-level social structure based upon long-term, cooperative social units. What role kinship plays in structuring this society is poorly understood. We combined extensive association data (518 days, during 2005-2016) and genetic data (18 microsatellites and 346bp mtDNA control region sequences) for 65 individuals from 12 social units from the Eastern Caribbean to examine patterns of kinship and social behaviour. Social units were clearly matrilineally-based, evidenced by greater relatedness within social units (mean r=0.14) than between them (mean r=0.00) and uniform mtDNA haplotypes within social units. Additionally, most individuals (82.5%) had a first-degree relative in their social unit, while we found no first-degree relatives between social units. Generally and within social units, individuals associated more with their closer relatives(matrix correlations: 0.18-0.25). However, excepting a highly-related pair of social units that merged over the study period, associations between social units were not correlated with kinship (p>0.1). These results are the first to robustly demonstrate kinship’s contribution to social unit composition and association preferences, though they also reveal variability in association preferences that is unexplained by kinship. Comparisons with other matrilineal species highlight the range of possible matrilineal societies, and how they can vary between and even within species. |
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Konrad, Christine M. Gero, Shane Frasier, Timothy Whitehead, Hal |
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Konrad, Christine M. Gero, Shane Frasier, Timothy Whitehead, Hal |
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Data from: Kinship influences sperm whale social organization within, but generally not among, social units |
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Data from: Kinship influences sperm whale social organization within, but generally not among, social units |
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Data from: Kinship influences sperm whale social organization within, but generally not among, social units |
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Data from: Kinship influences sperm whale social organization within, but generally not among, social units |
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Data from: Kinship influences sperm whale social organization within, but generally not among, social units |
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data from: kinship influences sperm whale social organization within, but generally not among, social units |
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doi:10.5061/dryad.63464hf/1 doi:10.5061/dryad.63464hf/2 doi:10.1098/rsos.180914 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-dh-z4z7 doi:10.5061/dryad.63464hf https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:116999 |
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OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf |
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