Transcriptomes of parents identify parenting strategies and sexual conflict in a subsocial beetle
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Parker, Darren J.; Cunningham, Christopher B.; Walling, Craig A.; Stamper, Clare E.; Head, Megan; Roy-Zokan, Eileen M.; McKinney, Elizabeth C.; Ritchie, Mike; Moore, Allen J
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Parenting in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides is complex and, unusually, the sex and number of parents that can be present is flexible. Such flexibility is expected to involve specialized behaviour by the two sexes under biparental conditions. Here, we show that offspring fare equally well regardless of the sex or number of parents present. Comparing transcriptomes, we find a largely overlapping set of differentially expressed genes in both uniparental and biparental females and in...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Parker, Darren J. | |
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dc.contributor.author | Cunningham, Christopher B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Walling, Craig A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Stamper, Clare E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Head, Megan | |
dc.contributor.author | Roy-Zokan, Eileen M. | |
dc.contributor.author | McKinney, Elizabeth C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ritchie, Mike | |
dc.contributor.author | Moore, Allen J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-24T22:41:10Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2041-1723 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/98588 | |
dc.description.abstract | Parenting in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides is complex and, unusually, the sex and number of parents that can be present is flexible. Such flexibility is expected to involve specialized behaviour by the two sexes under biparental conditions. Here, we show that offspring fare equally well regardless of the sex or number of parents present. Comparing transcriptomes, we find a largely overlapping set of differentially expressed genes in both uniparental and biparental females and in uniparental males including vitellogenin, associated with reproduction, and takeout, influencing sex-specific mating and feeding behaviour. Gene expression in biparental males is similar to that in non-caring states. Thus, being biparental in N. vespilloides describes the family social organization rather than the number of directly parenting individuals. There was no specialization; instead, in biparental families, direct male parental care appears to be limited with female behaviour unchanged. This should lead to strong sexual conflict. | |
dc.publisher | Macmillan Publishers Ltd | |
dc.rights | Author/s retain copyright | |
dc.source | Nature Communications | |
dc.title | Transcriptomes of parents identify parenting strategies and sexual conflict in a subsocial beetle | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 6 | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 060201 - Behavioural Ecology | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | U3488905xPUB6135 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Parker, Darren J., University of St. Andrews | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Cunningham, Christopher B., University of Georgia | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Walling, Craig A., University of Edinburgh | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Stamper, Clare E., University of Exeter | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Head, Megan, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Roy-Zokan, Eileen M., University of Georgia | |
local.contributor.affiliation | McKinney, Elizabeth C., University of Georgia | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Ritchie, Mike, University of St Andrews | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Moore, Allen J, University of Exeter | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 1 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 11 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1038/ncomms9449 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-24T10:09:54Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84942805919 | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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