Indirect genetic effects on the sociability of several group members
| Autor: | Blake B. Anderson, Andrew M. Scott, Reuven Dukas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine Communication business.industry fungi Social behaviour Stimulus (physiology) Biology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Evolutionary biology Animal Science and Zoology Experimental work Social evolution business Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Animal Behaviour. 123:101-106 |
| ISSN: | 0003-3472 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.10.028 |
| Popis: | Indirect genetic effects (IGEs) are a major driver of social evolution, but much of the experimental work pertaining to IGEs on social behaviour has focused on the effect of stimulus individuals on single focal individuals. We extended IGE research to examine how stimulus individuals influence social interactions among several focal individuals. Specifically, we relied on recent work on social behaviour in fruit flies to examine whether IGEs cause 12 stimulus flies of distinct genotypes to alter social interactions within groups of six focal flies. The social behaviour of focals was significantly affected by the genotype of the stimulus flies. Focals were closer together when grouped with stimulus flies from genotypes that were close together than when grouped with stimulus flies from genotypes that were farther apart. A mechanism mediating this effect was the encounter rate between focal flies, which was lowest when the focal flies were grouped with stimulus flies of the more cohesive genotypes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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