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High indirect fitness benefits for helpers across the nesting cycle in the tropical paper wasp Polistes canadensis.
Southon, Robin J; Bell, Emily F; Graystock, Peter; Wyatt, Christopher D R; Radford, Andrew N; Sumner, Seirian.
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  • Southon RJ; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
  • Bell EF; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
  • Graystock P; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
  • Wyatt CDR; Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.
  • Radford AN; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
  • Sumner S; EMBL/CRG Systems Biology Research Unit, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
Mol Ecol ; 28(13): 3271-3284, 2019 07.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31141235
Explaining the evolution of helping behaviour in the eusocial insects where nonreproductive ("worker") individuals help raise the offspring of other individuals ("queens") remains one of the most perplexing phenomena in the natural world. Polistes paper wasps are popular study models, as workers retain the ability to reproduce: such totipotency is likely representative of the early stages of social evolution. Polistes is thought to have originated in the tropics, where seasonal constraints on reproductive options are weak and social groups are effectively perennial. Yet, most Polistes research has focused on nontropical species, where seasonality causes family groups to disperse; cofoundresses forming new nests the following spring are often unrelated, leading to the suggestion that direct fitness through nest inheritance is key in the evolution of helping behaviour. Here, we present the first comprehensive genetic study of social structure across the perennial nesting cycle of a tropical Polistes-Polistes canadensis. Using both microsatellites and newly developed single nucleotide polymorphism markers, we show that adult cofoundresses are highly related and that brood production is monopolized by a single female across the nesting cycle. Nonreproductive cofoundresses in tropical Polistes therefore have the potential to gain high indirect fitness benefits as helpers from the outset of group formation, and these benefits persist through the nesting cycle. Direct fitness may have been less important in the origin of Polistes sociality than previously suggested. These findings stress the importance of studying a range of species with diverse life history and ecologies when considering the evolution of reproductive strategies.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Vespas / Aptidão Genética / Comportamento de Ajuda / Comportamento de Nidação Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: America central / Panama Idioma: En Revista: Mol Ecol Assunto da revista: BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR / SAUDE AMBIENTAL Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Vespas / Aptidão Genética / Comportamento de Ajuda / Comportamento de Nidação Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: America central / Panama Idioma: En Revista: Mol Ecol Assunto da revista: BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR / SAUDE AMBIENTAL Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Reino Unido