Dataset Nasonia strains

<p><strong>Strain differences rather than species differences contribute to variation in associative learning ability in <em>Nasonia</em></strong></p> <p>Maartje Liefting^1,2, Lisa Verwoerd³, Myrthe L. Dekker⁴, Katja M. Hoedjes⁵, Jacintha Ellers²</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>¹Applied Zoology/Animal Ecology, Freie Universit&auml;t Berlin, Germany</p> <p>²Animal Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands</p> <p>³ Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands</p> <p>⁴ Experimental Zoology Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands</p> <p>⁵ Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>All behavioural data was collected in the lab. The used variables in the csv file are:</p> <p>strain: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the original names as used in the literature of the 4 different strains included in the experiments (HVRx, Ngmix, AsymCx, RV2xU)</p> <p>stimulus:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the modality of the conditioned stimulus (vis or olf for visual or olfactory)</p> <p>time_h:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; number of hours after conditioning when memory retention was measured</p> <p>PI:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; performance index, a measure for memory retention based on the distribution of a group of wasps in the T=maze or olfactometer. A PI can theoretically vary from -100 (perfect avoidance) to 100 (perfect preference) with a score of 0 indicating no learned preferences. See manuscript for details on how a PI is calculated</p> <p>species:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the two species considered (Nv = Nasonia vitripennis and Ng = Nasonia giraulti)</p> <p>genback:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the genetic background of the strains used, either isogenic (iso) or genetically diverse (div)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The data on memory retention after odour conditioning of the AsymCx (Nv iso) and RV2xU (Ng iso) strains has been published in:</p> <p>Hoedjes KM, Steidle JLM, Werren JH, Vet LEM, Smid HM. 2012 High-throughput olfactory conditioning and memory retention test show variation in <em>Nasonia</em> parasitic wasps. Genes, Brain Behav. 11, 879&ndash;887. (doi:10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00823.x)</p>