Data from: A comparative study of egg recognition signature mixtures in Formica ants
Processing of information from the environment, such as assessing group membership in social contexts, is a major determinant of inclusive fitness. For social insects, recognizing brood origin is crucial for inclusive fitness in many contexts, such as social parasitism and kin conflicts within colon...
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ftdryad:oai:v1.datadryad.org:10255/dryad.77087 2023-05-15T16:11:56+02:00 Data from: A comparative study of egg recognition signature mixtures in Formica ants Helanterä, Heikki d'Ettorre, Patrizia Finland Fennoscandia Europe 2014-12-20T00:17:20Z http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.77087 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.38204 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.38204/1 doi:10.5061/dryad.38204/2 doi:10.5061/dryad.38204/3 doi:10.5061/dryad.38204/4 doi:10.5061/dryad.38204/5 doi:10.5061/dryad.38204/6 doi:10.5061/dryad.38204/7 doi:10.5061/dryad.38204/8 doi:10.5061/dryad.38204/9 doi:10.5061/dryad.38204/10 doi:10.5061/dryad.38204/11 doi:10.5061/dryad.38204/12 doi:10.5061/dryad.38204/13 doi:10.5061/dryad.38204/14 doi:10.1111/evo.12590 PMID:25545864 doi:10.5061/dryad.38204 Helanterä H, d'Ettorre P (2015) A comparative study of egg recognition signature mixtures in Formica ants. Evolution, 69(2): 520-529. http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.77087 social evolution kin recognition cuticular hydrocarbons social insects kin conflict social parasitism microsatellites Article 2014 ftdryad https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.38204 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.38204/1 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.38204/2 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.38204/3 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.38204/4 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.38204/5 https://doi.org/1 2020-01-01T15:14:52Z Processing of information from the environment, such as assessing group membership in social contexts, is a major determinant of inclusive fitness. For social insects, recognizing brood origin is crucial for inclusive fitness in many contexts, such as social parasitism and kin conflicts within colonies. Whether or not a recognition signature is informative in kin conflicts, depends on the extent of a genetic contribution into the cues. We investigated colony and matriline specific variation in egg surface hydrocarbons in seven species of Formica ants. We show that chemical variance is distributed similarly to genetic variation, suggesting a significant genetic contribution to eggs odors in the genus. Significant among matriline components, and significant correlations between chemical and genetic similarity among individuals also indicate kin informative egg odors in several species. We suggest that egg odor surface variation could play a large role in within colony conflicts, and that a comparative method can reveal novel insight into communication of identity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Dryad Digital Repository (Duke University) |
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Processing of information from the environment, such as assessing group membership in social contexts, is a major determinant of inclusive fitness. For social insects, recognizing brood origin is crucial for inclusive fitness in many contexts, such as social parasitism and kin conflicts within colonies. Whether or not a recognition signature is informative in kin conflicts, depends on the extent of a genetic contribution into the cues. We investigated colony and matriline specific variation in egg surface hydrocarbons in seven species of Formica ants. We show that chemical variance is distributed similarly to genetic variation, suggesting a significant genetic contribution to eggs odors in the genus. Significant among matriline components, and significant correlations between chemical and genetic similarity among individuals also indicate kin informative egg odors in several species. We suggest that egg odor surface variation could play a large role in within colony conflicts, and that a comparative method can reveal novel insight into communication of identity. |
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