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Linked collectors and determiners for: Tettigettalna josei (Boulard, 1982) (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea): first record in Spain, with notes on the distribution, genetic variation and behaviour of the species.
Natural history specimen data linked to collectors and determiners held within, "Tettigettalna josei (Boulard, 1982) (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea): first record in Spain, with notes on the distribution, genetic variation and behaviour of the species". Claims or attributions were made on Bionomia by volunteer Scribes, <a href="https://bionomia.net/dataset/88ce1fb7-0566-4486-bd63-9c1fbc422b30">https://bionomia.net/dataset/88ce1fb7-0566-4486-bd63-9c1fbc422b30</a> using specimen data from the dataset aggregated by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, <a href="https://gbif.org/dataset/88ce1fb7-0566-4486-bd63-9c1fbc422b30">https://gbif.org/dataset/88ce1fb7-0566-4486-bd63-9c1fbc422b30</a>. Formatted as a Frictionless Data package.
Contributions of genetic and non-genetic sources to variation in cooperative behaviour in a cooperative mammal
<p>The evolution of cooperative behaviour is a major area of research among evolutionary biologists and behavioural ecologists, yet there are few estimates of its heritability or of its evolutionary potential and long-term studies of identifiable individuals are required to disentangle genetic and non-genetic components of cooperative behaviour. Here we use long-term data on over 1800 individually recognisable wild meerkats (<i>Suricata suricatta</i>) collected over 30 years and a multi-generational genetic pedigree to partition phenotypic variation in three cooperative behaviours (babysitting, pup feeding and sentinel behaviour) into individual, additive genetic and other sources, and to assess their repeatability and heritability. In addition to strong effects of sex, age and dominance status, we found significant repeatability in individual contributions to all three types of cooperative behaviour both within and across breeding seasons. Like most other studies of the heritability of social behaviour, we found that the heritability of cooperative behaviour was low. However, our analysis suggests that a substantial component of the repeatable individual differences in cooperative behaviour that we observed was a consequence of additive genetic variation. Our results consequently indicate that cooperative behaviour can respond to selection, and suggest scope for further exploration of the genetic basis of social behaviour.</p>
Genetic architecture of dispersal behaviour in the post-harvest pest and model organism Tribolium castaneum
<p>Dispersal behaviour is an important aspect of the life-history of animals. However, the genetic architecture of dispersal related traits is often obscure or unknown, even in well studied species.<em> Tribolium castaneum</em> is a globally significant post-harvest pest and established model organism, yet studies of its dispersal have shown ambiguous results and the genetic basis of this behaviour remains unresolved. We combine experimental evolution and agent-based modelling to investigate the number of loci underlying dispersal in <em>T.castaneum</em>, and whether the trait is sex-linked. Our findings demonstrate rapid evolution of dispersal behaviour under selection. We find no evidence of sex-biases in the dispersal behaviour of the offspring of crosses, supporting an autosomal genetic basis of the trait. Moreover, simulated data approximates experimental data under simulated scenarios where the dispersal trait is controlled by one or few loci, but not many loci. Levels of dispersal in experimentally inbred lines, compared with simulations, indicate that a single locus model is not well supported. Taken together, these lines of evidence support an oligogenic architecture underlying dispersal in <em>Tribolium castaneum</em>. These results have implications for applied pest management and for our understanding of the evolution of dispersal in the coleoptera, the world's most species-rich order.</p>
Data from: The effects of hybridization and parasite infection on predation survival and behaviour of endangered landlocked salmon – implications for genetic rescue
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Genetic architecture of dispersal behaviour in the post-harvest pest and model organism Tribolium castaneum
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Contributions of genetic and non-genetic sources to variation in cooperative behaviour in a cooperative mammal
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Genetic variance for behavioural 'predictability' of stress response
<p>Genetic factors underpinning phenotypic variation are required if natural selection is to result in adaptive evolution. However, evolutionary and behavioural ecologists typically focus on variation among individuals in their average trait values, and seek to characterise genetic contributions to this. As a result, less attention has been paid to if and how genes could contribute towards within-individual variance, or trait "predictability". In fact, phenotypic 'predictability' can vary among individuals, and emerging evidence from livestock genetics suggests this can be due to genetic factors. Here we test this empirically using repeated measures of a behavioural stress response trait in a pedigreed population of wild-type guppies. We ask (1) whether individuals differ in behavioural predictability, and (2) whether this variation is heritable and so evolvable under selection. Using statistical methodology from the field of quantitative genetics, we find support for both hypotheses and also show evidence of a genetic correlation structure between the behavioural trait mean and individual predictability. We show that investigating sources of variability in trait predictability is statistically tractable, and can yield useful biological interpretation. We conclude that, if widespread, genetic variance for 'predictability' will have major implications for the evolutionary causes and consequences of phenotypic variation. </p>
Data from: Sustained positive consequences of genetic rescue of fitness and behavioural traits in inbred populations of Drosophila melanogaster
<p><span>One solution to alleviate the detrimental genetic effects associated with reductions in population size and fragmentation is to introduce immigrants from other populations. While the effects of this genetic rescue on fitness traits are fairly well known, it is less clear to what extent inbreeding depression and subsequent genetic rescue affects behavioural traits. In this study, replicated crosses between inbred lines of <em>Drosophila melanogaster</em> were performed in order to investigate the effects of inbreeding and genetic rescue on egg-to-adult viability and negative geotaxis behaviour - a locomotor response used to measure e.g. the effects of physiological ageing. Transgenerational effects of outcrossing were investigated by examining the fitness consequences in both the F<sub>1</sub> and F<sub>4</sub> generation. The majority of inbred lines showed evidence for inbreeding depression for both egg-to-adult viability and behavioural performance (95% and 66% of lines, respectively), with inbreeding depression being more pronounced for viability compared to locomotor response. Subsequent outcrossing with immigrants led to an alleviation of the negative effects for both viability and geotaxis response resulting in inbred lines being similar to the outbred controls, with beneficial effects persisting from F<sub>1</sub> to F<sub>4</sub>. Overall, the results clearly show that genetic rescue can provide transgenerational rescue of small, inbred populations by rapidly improving population fitness components. Thus, we show that even the negative effects of inbreeding on behaviour, similar to that of neurodegeneration associated with physiological ageing, can be reversed by genetic rescue.</span></p>
Data from: Sustained positive consequences of genetic rescue of fitness and behavioural traits in inbred populations of Drosophila melanogaster
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Genetic variance for behavioural ‘predictability’ of stress response
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Data and code for: Decline in offspring quantity but not quality from successive matings in male rainforest <em>Drosophila</em>, with no evidence for genetic divergence in male mating behaviour along climatic and density gradients
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Data from: Does mating behaviour affect connectivity in marine fishes? Comparative population genetics of two protogynous groupers (Family Serranidae)
Pelagic larval duration (PLD) has been hypothesized to be the primary predictor of connectivity in marine fishes; however, few studies have examined the effects that adult reproductive behaviour may have on realized dispersal. We assessed gene flow (connectivity) by documenting variation in microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA sequences in two protogynous species of groupers, the aggregate spawning red hind, Epinephelus guttatus, and the single-male, harem-spawning coney, Cephalopholis fulva, to ask if reproductive strategy affects connectivity. Samples of both species were obtained from waters off three islands (Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, and St. Croix) in the Caribbean Sea. Despite the notion that aggregate spawning of red hind may facilitate larval retention, stronger signals of population structure were detected in the harem-spawning coney. Heterogeneity and/or inferred barriers, based on microsatellites, involved St. Croix (red hind and coney) and the west coast of Puerto Rico (coney). Heterogeneity and/or inferred barriers, based on mitochondrial DNA, involved St. Croix (coney only). Genetic divergence in both species was stronger for microsatellites than for mitochondrial DNA, suggesting sex-biased dispersal in both species. Long-term migration rates, based on microsatellites, indicated asymmetric gene flow for both species in the same direction as mean surface currents in the region. Red hind had higher levels of variation in microsatellites and lower levels of variation in mitochondrial DNA. Long-term effective size and effective number of breeders were greater for red hind; estimates of θf a proxy for long-term effective female size, were the same in both species. Patterns of gene flow in both species appear to stem in part from shared aspects of larval and adult biology, local bathymetry, and surface current patterns. Differences in connectivity and levels of genetic variation between the species, however, likely stem from differences in behaviour related to reproductive strategy.
Data from: A high density SNP chip for genotyping great tit (Parus major) populations and its application to studying the genetic architecture of exploration behaviour
High density SNP microarrays ('SNP chips') are a rapid, accurate and efficient method for genotyping several hundred thousand polymorphisms in large numbers of individuals. While SNP chips are routinely used in human genetics and in animal and plant breeding, they are less widely used in evolutionary and ecological research. In this paper we describe the development and application of a high density Affymetrix Axiom chip with around 500 000 SNPs, designed to perform genomics studies of great tit (Parus major) populations. We demonstrate that the per-SNP genotype error rate is well below 1% and that the chip can also be used to identify structural or copy number variation (CNVs). The chip is used to explore the genetic architecture of exploration behaviour (EB), a personality trait that has been widely studied in great tits and other species. No SNPs reached genome-wide significance, including at DRD4, a candidate gene. However, EB is heritable and appears to have a polygenic architecture. Researchers developing similar SNP chips may note: (i) SNPs previously typed on alternative platforms are more likely to be converted to working assays, (ii) detecting SNPs by more than one pipeline, and in independent datasets, ensures a high proportion of working assays, (iii) allele frequency ascertainment bias is minimised by performing SNP discovery in individuals from multiple populations and (iv) samples with the lowest call rates tend to also have the greatest genotyping error rates.
Linking genetic, morphological, and behavioural divergence between inland island and mainland deer mice
<p>The island syndrome hypothesis (ISH) stipulates that, as a result of local selection pressures and restricted gene flow, individuals from island populations should differ from individuals within mainland populations. Specifically, island populations are predicted to contain individuals that are larger, less aggressive, more sociable, and that invest more in their offspring. To date, tests of the ISH have mainly compared oceanic islands to continental sites, and rarely smaller spatial scales such as inland watersheds. Here, using a novel set of genome-wide SNP markers in wild deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) we conducted a genomic assessment of predictions underlying the ISH in an inland riverine island system: analysing island-mainland population structure, and quantifying heritability of phenotypes thought to underlie the ISH. We found clear genomic differentiation between island and mainland populations and moderate to high marker-based heritability estimates fo r overall variation in traits previously found to differ in line with the ISH between mainland and island locations. FST outlier analyses highlighted 12 loci associated with differentiation between mainland and island populations. Together these results suggest that the island populations examined are on independent evolutionary trajectories, the traits considered have a genetic basis (rather than phenotypic variation being solely due to phenotypic plasticity). Coupled with the previous results showing significant phenotypic differentiation between island and mainland groups in this system, this study suggests that the ISH can hold even on a small spatial scale.</p>
Figure 5 in Geographical variations in waving display and barricade-building behaviour, and genetic population structure in the intertidal brachyuran crab Ilyoplax pusilla (de Haan, 1835)
Figure 5. Mean number of barricades per burrow in Ilyoplax pusilla at six localities (bar indicates SD). Localities arranged according to latitude. Shared alphabetical letters indicate no significant difference (p.0.05) by Tukey's honestly significant difference test.
Figure 2 in Geographical variations in waving display and barricade-building behaviour, and genetic population structure in the intertidal brachyuran crab Ilyoplax pusilla (de Haan, 1835)
Figure 2. Cheliped path movement in Ilyoplax pusilla: circular type and vertical type. Arrows indicate wave path.
Figure 6 in Geographical variations in waving display and barricade-building behaviour, and genetic population structure in the intertidal brachyuran crab Ilyoplax pusilla (de Haan, 1835)
Figure 6. Parsimony network of mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) haplotypes of Ilyoplax pusilla. Haplotypes correspond to Table 5. Single solid line indicates one base. Circle size indicates number of each haplotype. Largest circle, n542; second largest, n514 or 15; third, n58; fourth, n54 or n55; fifth, n52; smallest circle, n51.
Figure 1 in Geographical variations in waving display and barricade-building behaviour, and genetic population structure in the intertidal brachyuran crab Ilyoplax pusilla (de Haan, 1835)
Figure 1. Geographic distribution of Ilyoplax pusilla in Japan (broken line) from Wada et al. (1992), and six localities studied.
Figure 4 in Geographical variations in waving display and barricade-building behaviour, and genetic population structure in the intertidal brachyuran crab Ilyoplax pusilla (de Haan, 1835)
Figure 4. Proportion of extended waves in 30 waving motions of Ilyoplax pusilla at six localities (bar indicates SD). Localities arranged according to latitude. Shared alphabetical letters indicate no significant difference (p.0.05) by Tukey's honestly significant difference test.
Figure 3 in Geographical variations in waving display and barricade-building behaviour, and genetic population structure in the intertidal brachyuran crab Ilyoplax pusilla (de Haan, 1835)
Figure 3. Maximum cheliped extension during waving movements in Ilyoplax pusilla: extended type and non-extended type.
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