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full_name: Peuß, Robert
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last_name: Behrens
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full_name: Essar, Daniela
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- first_name: Philip
full_name: Rosenstiel, Philip
last_name: Rosenstiel
- first_name: Hinrich
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ama: 'Greenwood J, Milutinovic B, Peuß R, et al. Additional file 5: Table S3. of
Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression
of Tribolium castaneum larvae. 2017. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d5.v1'
apa: 'Greenwood, J., Milutinovic, B., Peuß, R., Behrens, S., Essar, D., Rosenstiel,
P., … Kurtz, J. (2017). Additional file 5: Table S3. of Oral immune priming with
Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum
larvae. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d5.v1'
chicago: 'Greenwood, Jenny, Barbara Milutinovic, Robert Peuß, Sarah Behrens, Daniela
Essar, Philip Rosenstiel, Hinrich Schulenburg, and Joachim Kurtz. “Additional
File 5: Table S3. of Oral Immune Priming with Bacillus Thuringiensis Induces a
Shift in the Gene Expression of Tribolium Castaneum Larvae.” Springer Nature,
2017. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d5.v1.'
ieee: 'J. Greenwood et al., “Additional file 5: Table S3. of Oral immune
priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of
Tribolium castaneum larvae.” Springer Nature, 2017.'
ista: 'Greenwood J, Milutinovic B, Peuß R, Behrens S, Essar D, Rosenstiel P, Schulenburg
H, Kurtz J. 2017. Additional file 5: Table S3. of Oral immune priming with Bacillus
thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae,
Springer Nature, 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d5.v1.'
mla: 'Greenwood, Jenny, et al. Additional File 5: Table S3. of Oral Immune Priming
with Bacillus Thuringiensis Induces a Shift in the Gene Expression of Tribolium
Castaneum Larvae. Springer Nature, 2017, doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3756974_d5.v1.'
short: J. Greenwood, B. Milutinovic, R. Peuß, S. Behrens, D. Essar, P. Rosenstiel,
H. Schulenburg, J. Kurtz, (2017).
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text: Infections with potentially lethal pathogens may negatively affect an individual’s
lifespan and decrease its reproductive value. The terminal investment hypothesis
predicts that individuals faced with a reduced survival should invest more into
reproduction instead of maintenance and growth. Several studies suggest that individuals
are indeed able to estimate their body condition and to increase their reproductive
effort with approaching death, while other studies gave ambiguous results. We
investigate whether queens of a perennial social insect (ant) are able to boost
their reproduction following infection with an obligate killing pathogen. Social
insect queens are special with regard to reproduction and aging, as they outlive
conspecific non-reproductive workers. Moreover, in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior,
fecundity increases with queen age. However, it remained unclear whether this
reflects negative reproductive senescence or terminal investment in response to
approaching death. Here, we test whether queens of C. obscurior react to infection
with the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium brunneum by an increased egg-laying
rate. We show that a fungal infection triggers a reinforced investment in reproduction
in queens. This adjustment of the reproductive rate by ant queens is consistent
with predictions of the terminal investment hypothesis and is reported for the
first time in a social insect.
acknowledgement: We thank two anonymous reviewers for helpful suggestions on the manuscript.
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ama: Giehr J, Grasse AV, Cremer S, Heinze J, Schrempf A. Ant queens increase their
reproductive efforts after pathogen infection. Royal Society Open Science.
2017;4(7). doi:10.1098/rsos.170547
apa: Giehr, J., Grasse, A. V., Cremer, S., Heinze, J., & Schrempf, A. (2017).
Ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection. Royal
Society Open Science. Royal Society, The. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170547
chicago: Giehr, Julia, Anna V Grasse, Sylvia Cremer, Jürgen Heinze, and Alexandra
Schrempf. “Ant Queens Increase Their Reproductive Efforts after Pathogen Infection.”
Royal Society Open Science. Royal Society, The, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170547.
ieee: J. Giehr, A. V. Grasse, S. Cremer, J. Heinze, and A. Schrempf, “Ant queens
increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection,” Royal Society
Open Science, vol. 4, no. 7. Royal Society, The, 2017.
ista: Giehr J, Grasse AV, Cremer S, Heinze J, Schrempf A. 2017. Ant queens increase
their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection. Royal Society Open Science.
4(7), 170547.
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Pathogen Infection.” Royal Society Open Science, vol. 4, no. 7, 170547,
Royal Society, The, 2017, doi:10.1098/rsos.170547.
short: J. Giehr, A.V. Grasse, S. Cremer, J. Heinze, A. Schrempf, Royal Society Open
Science 4 (2017).
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apa: Giehr, J., Grasse, A. V., Cremer, S., Heinze, J., & Schrempf, A. (2017).
Raw data from ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection.
The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1
chicago: Giehr, Julia, Anna V Grasse, Sylvia Cremer, Jürgen Heinze, and Alexandra
Schrempf. “Raw Data from Ant Queens Increase Their Reproductive Efforts after
Pathogen Infection.” The Royal Society, 2017. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1.
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ant queens increase their reproductive efforts after pathogen infection.” The
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Efforts after Pathogen Infection. The Royal Society, 2017, doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5117788.v1.
short: J. Giehr, A.V. Grasse, S. Cremer, J. Heinze, A. Schrempf, (2017).
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text: 'Social insect societies are long-standing models for understanding social
behaviour and evolution. Unlike other advanced biological societies (such as the
multicellular body), the component parts of social insect societies can be easily
deconstructed and manipulated. Recent methodological and theoretical innovations
have exploited this trait to address an expanded range of biological questions.
We illustrate the broadening range of biological insight coming from social insect
biology with four examples. These new frontiers promote open-minded, interdisciplinary
exploration of one of the richest and most complex of biological phenomena: sociality.'
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- first_name: Patrick
full_name: Kennedy, Patrick
last_name: Kennedy
- first_name: Gemma
full_name: Baron, Gemma
last_name: Baron
- first_name: Bitao
full_name: Qiu, Bitao
last_name: Qiu
- first_name: Dalial
full_name: Freitak, Dalial
last_name: Freitak
- first_name: Heikki
full_name: Helantera, Heikki
last_name: Helantera
- first_name: Edmund
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- first_name: Fabio
full_name: Manfredini, Fabio
last_name: Manfredini
- first_name: Thomas
full_name: O'Shea Wheller, Thomas
last_name: O'Shea Wheller
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full_name: Patalano, Solenn
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full_name: Pull, Christopher
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orcid: 0000-0003-1122-3982
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last_name: Sasaki
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last_name: Taylor
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full_name: Wyatt, Christopher
last_name: Wyatt
- first_name: Seirian
full_name: Sumner, Seirian
last_name: Sumner
citation:
ama: Kennedy P, Baron G, Qiu B, et al. Deconstructing superorganisms and societies
to address big questions in biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2017;32(11):861-872.
doi:10.1016/j.tree.2017.08.004
apa: Kennedy, P., Baron, G., Qiu, B., Freitak, D., Helantera, H., Hunt, E., … Sumner,
S. (2017). Deconstructing superorganisms and societies to address big questions
in biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Cell Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.08.004
chicago: Kennedy, Patrick, Gemma Baron, Bitao Qiu, Dalial Freitak, Heikki Helantera,
Edmund Hunt, Fabio Manfredini, et al. “Deconstructing Superorganisms and Societies
to Address Big Questions in Biology.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Cell Press, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.08.004.
ieee: P. Kennedy et al., “Deconstructing superorganisms and societies to
address big questions in biology,” Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol.
32, no. 11. Cell Press, pp. 861–872, 2017.
ista: Kennedy P, Baron G, Qiu B, Freitak D, Helantera H, Hunt E, Manfredini F, O’Shea
Wheller T, Patalano S, Pull C, Sasaki T, Taylor D, Wyatt C, Sumner S. 2017. Deconstructing
superorganisms and societies to address big questions in biology. Trends in Ecology
and Evolution. 32(11), 861–872.
mla: Kennedy, Patrick, et al. “Deconstructing Superorganisms and Societies to Address
Big Questions in Biology.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 32, no.
11, Cell Press, 2017, pp. 861–72, doi:10.1016/j.tree.2017.08.004.
short: P. Kennedy, G. Baron, B. Qiu, D. Freitak, H. Helantera, E. Hunt, F. Manfredini,
T. O’Shea Wheller, S. Patalano, C. Pull, T. Sasaki, D. Taylor, C. Wyatt, S. Sumner,
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 32 (2017) 861–872.
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text: 'Contagious diseases must transmit from infectious to susceptible hosts in
order to reproduce. Whilst vectored pathogens can rely on intermediaries to find
new hosts for them, many infectious pathogens require close contact or direct
interaction between hosts for transmission. Hence, this means that conspecifics
are often the main source of infection for most animals and so, in theory, animals
should avoid conspecifics to reduce their risk of infection. Of course, in reality
animals must interact with one another, as a bare minimum, to mate. However, being
social provides many additional benefits and group living has become a taxonomically
diverse and widespread trait. How then do social animals overcome the issue of
increased disease? Over the last few decades, the social insects (ants, termites
and some bees and wasps) have become a model system for studying disease in social
animals. On paper, a social insect colony should be particularly susceptible to
disease, given that they often contain thousands of potential hosts that are closely
related and frequently interact, as well as exhibiting stable environmental conditions
that encourage microbial growth. Yet, disease outbreaks appear to be rare and
attempts to eradicate pest species using pathogens have failed time and again.
Evolutionary biologists investigating this observation have discovered that the
reduced disease susceptibility in social insects is, in part, due to collectively
performed disease defences of the workers. These defences act like a “social immune
system” for the colony, resulting in a per capita decrease in disease, termed
social immunity. Our understanding of social immunity, and its importance in relation
to the immunological defences of each insect, continues to grow, but there remain
many open questions. In this thesis I have studied disease defence in garden ants.
In the first data chapter, I use the invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus, to
investigate how colonies mitigate lethal infections and prevent them from spreading
systemically. I find that ants have evolved ‘destructive disinfection’ – a behaviour
that uses endogenously produced acidic poison to kill diseased brood and to prevent
the pathogen from replicating. In the second experimental chapter, I continue
to study the use of poison in invasive garden ant colonies, finding that it is
sprayed prophylactically within the nest. However, this spraying has negative
effects on developing pupae when they have had their cocoons artificially removed.
Hence, I suggest that acidic nest sanitation may be maintaining larval cocoon
spinning in this species. In the next experimental chapter, I investigated how
colony founding black garden ant queens (Lasius niger) prevent disease when a
co-foundress dies. I show that ant queens prophylactically perform undertaking
behaviours, similar to those performed by the workers in mature nests. When a
co-foundress was infected, these undertaking behaviours improved the survival
of the healthy queen. In the final data chapter, I explored how immunocompetence
(measured as antifungal activity) changes as incipient black garden ant colonies
grow and mature, from the solitary queen phase to colonies with several hundred
workers. Queen and worker antifungal activity varied throughout this time period,
but despite social immunity, did not decrease as colonies matured. In addition
to the above data chapters, this thesis includes two co-authored reviews. In the
first, we examine the state of the art in the field of social immunity and how
it might develop in the future. In the second, we identify several challenges
and open questions in the study of disease defence in animals. We highlight how
social insects offer a unique model to tackle some of these problems, as disease
defence can be studied from the cell to the society. '
acknowledgement: "ERC FP7 programme (grant agreement no. 240371)\r\nI have been supremely
spoilt to work in a lab with such good resources and I must thank the wonderful
Cremer group technicians, Anna, Barbara, Eva and Florian, for all of their help
and keeping the lab up and running. You guys will probably be the most missed once
I realise just how much work you have been saving me! For the same reason, I must
say a big Dzi ę kuj ę Ci to Wonder Woman Wanda, for her tireless efforts feeding
my colonies and cranking out thousands of petri dishes and sugar tubes. Again, you
will be sorely missed now that I will have to take this task on myself. Of course,
I will be eternally indebted to Prof. Sylvia Cremer for taking me under her wing
and being a constant source of guidance and inspiration. You have given me the perfect
balance of independence and supervision. I cannot thank you enough for creating
such a great working environment and allowing me the freedom to follow my own research
questions. I have had so many exceptional opportunities – attending and presenting
at conferences all over the world, inviting me to write the ARE with you, going
to workshops in Panama and Switzerland, and even organising our own PhD course –
that I often think I must have had the best PhD in the world. You have taught me
so much and made me a scientist. I sincerely hope we get the chance to work together
again in the future. Thank you for everything. I must also thank my PhD Committee,
Daria Siekhaus and Jacobus “Koos” Boomsma, for being very supportive throughout
the duration of my PhD. "
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text: 'Background: Social insects form densely crowded societies in environments
with high pathogen loads, but have evolved collective defences that mitigate the
impact of disease. However, colony-founding queens lack this protection and suffer
high rates of mortality. The impact of pathogens may be exacerbated in species
where queens found colonies together, as healthy individuals may contract pathogens
from infectious co-founders. Therefore, we tested whether ant queens avoid founding
colonies with pathogen-exposed conspecifics and how they might limit disease transmission
from infectious individuals. Results: Using Lasius Niger queens and a naturally
infecting fungal pathogen Metarhizium brunneum, we observed that queens were equally
likely to found colonies with another pathogen-exposed or sham-treated queen.
However, when one queen died, the surviving individual performed biting, burial
and removal of the corpse. These undertaking behaviours were performed prophylactically,
i.e. targeted equally towards non-infected and infected corpses, as well as carried
out before infected corpses became infectious. Biting and burial reduced the risk
of the queens contracting and dying from disease from an infectious corpse of
a dead co-foundress. Conclusions: We show that co-founding ant queens express
undertaking behaviours that, in mature colonies, are performed exclusively by
workers. Such infection avoidance behaviours act before the queens can contract
the disease and will therefore improve the overall chance of colony founding success
in ant queens.'
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last_name: Pull
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- first_name: Sylvia
full_name: Cremer, Sylvia
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last_name: Cremer
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citation:
ama: Pull C, Cremer S. Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing prophylactic
undertaking behaviour. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2017;17(1). doi:10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4
apa: Pull, C., & Cremer, S. (2017). Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by
performing prophylactic undertaking behaviour. BMC Evolutionary Biology.
BioMed Central. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4
chicago: Pull, Christopher, and Sylvia Cremer. “Co-Founding Ant Queens Prevent Disease
by Performing Prophylactic Undertaking Behaviour.” BMC Evolutionary Biology.
BioMed Central, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4.
ieee: C. Pull and S. Cremer, “Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing
prophylactic undertaking behaviour,” BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 17,
no. 1. BioMed Central, 2017.
ista: Pull C, Cremer S. 2017. Co-founding ant queens prevent disease by performing
prophylactic undertaking behaviour. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17(1), 219.
mla: Pull, Christopher, and Sylvia Cremer. “Co-Founding Ant Queens Prevent Disease
by Performing Prophylactic Undertaking Behaviour.” BMC Evolutionary Biology,
vol. 17, no. 1, 219, BioMed Central, 2017, doi:10.1186/s12862-017-1062-4.
short: C. Pull, S. Cremer, BMC Evolutionary Biology 17 (2017).
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text: The social insects bees, wasps, ants, and termites are species-rich, occur
in many habitats, and often constitute a large part of the biomass. Many are also
invasive, including species of termites, the red imported fire ant, and the Argentine
ant. While invasive social insects have been a problem in Southern Europe for
some time, Central Europa was free of invasive ant species until recently because
most ants are adapted to warmer climates. Only in the 1990s, did Lasius neglectus,
a close relative of the common black garden ant, arrive in Germany. First described
in 1990 based on individuals collected in Budapest, the species has since been
detected for example in France, Germany, Spain, England, and Kyrgyzstan. The species
is spread with soil during construction work or plantings, and L. neglectus therefore
is often found in parks and botanical gardens. Another invasive ant now spreading
in southern Germany is Formica fuscocinerea, which occurs along rivers, including
in the sandy floodplains of the river Isar. As is typical of pioneer species,
F. fuscocinerea quickly becomes extremely abundant and therefore causes problems
for example on playgrounds in Munich. All invasive ant species are characterized
by cooperation across nests, leading to strongly interconnected, very large super-colonies.
The resulting dominance results in the extinction of native ant species as well
as other arthropod species and thus in the reduction of biodiversity.
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ama: 'Cremer S. Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und die heimische
Fauna verändern. Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie. 2017;46:105-116.'
apa: 'Cremer, S. (2017). Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und
die heimische Fauna verändern. Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie. Verlag Dr.
Friedrich Pfeil.'
chicago: 'Cremer, Sylvia. “Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie Sie Sich Ausbreiten Und
Die Heimische Fauna Verändern.” Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie. Verlag Dr.
Friedrich Pfeil, 2017.'
ieee: 'S. Cremer, “Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und die heimische
Fauna verändern,” Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie, vol. 46. Verlag Dr. Friedrich
Pfeil, pp. 105–116, 2017.'
ista: 'Cremer S. 2017. Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie sie sich ausbreiten und die
heimische Fauna verändern. Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie. 46, 105–116.'
mla: 'Cremer, Sylvia. “Invasive Ameisen in Europa: Wie Sie Sich Ausbreiten Und Die
Heimische Fauna Verändern.” Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie, vol. 46, Verlag
Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 2017, pp. 105–16.'
short: S. Cremer, Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie 46 (2017) 105–116.
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abstract:
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text: Immune specificity is the degree to which a host’s immune system discriminates
among various pathogens or antigenic variants. Vertebrate immune memory is highly
specific due to antibody responses. On the other hand, some invertebrates show
immune priming, i.e. improved survival after secondary exposure to a previously
encountered pathogen. Until now, specificity of priming has only been demonstrated
via the septic infection route or when live pathogens were used for priming. Therefore,
we tested for specificity in the oral priming route in the red flour beetle, Tribolium
castaneum. For priming, we used pathogen-free supernatants derived from three
different strains of the entomopathogen, Bacillus thuringiensis, which express
different Cry toxin variants known for their toxicity against this beetle. Subsequent
exposure to the infective spores showed that oral priming was specific for two
naturally occurring strains, while a third engineered strain did not induce any
priming effect. Our data demonstrate that oral immune priming with a non-infectious
bacterial agent can be specific, but the priming effect is not universal across
all bacterial strains.
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- first_name: Megan
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- first_name: Joachim
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citation:
ama: Futo M, Sell M, Kutzer M, Kurtz J. Specificity of oral immune priming in the
red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Biology Letters. 2017;13(12). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632
apa: Futo, M., Sell, M., Kutzer, M., & Kurtz, J. (2017). Specificity of oral
immune priming in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Biology Letters.
The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632
chicago: Futo, Momir, Marie Sell, Megan Kutzer, and Joachim Kurtz. “Specificity
of Oral Immune Priming in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium Castaneum.” Biology
Letters. The Royal Society, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632.
ieee: M. Futo, M. Sell, M. Kutzer, and J. Kurtz, “Specificity of oral immune priming
in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum,” Biology Letters, vol. 13,
no. 12. The Royal Society, 2017.
ista: Futo M, Sell M, Kutzer M, Kurtz J. 2017. Specificity of oral immune priming
in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Biology Letters. 13(12), 0632.
mla: Futo, Momir, et al. “Specificity of Oral Immune Priming in the Red Flour Beetle
Tribolium Castaneum.” Biology Letters, vol. 13, no. 12, 0632, The Royal
Society, 2017, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0632.
short: M. Futo, M. Sell, M. Kutzer, J. Kurtz, Biology Letters 13 (2017).
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abstract:
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text: Across multicellular organisms, the costs of reproduction and self-maintenance
result in a life history trade-off between fecundity and longevity. Queens of
perennial social Hymenoptera are both highly fertile and long-lived, and thus,
this fundamental trade-off is lacking. Whether social insect males similarly evade
the fecundity/longevity trade-off remains largely unstudied. Wingless males of
the ant genus Cardiocondyla stay in their natal colonies throughout their relatively
long lives and mate with multiple female sexuals. Here, we show that Cardiocondyla
obscurior males that were allowed to mate with large numbers of female sexuals
had a shortened life span compared to males that mated at a low frequency or virgin
males. Although frequent mating negatively affects longevity, males clearly benefit
from a “live fast, die young strategy” by inseminating as many female sexuals
as possible at a cost to their own survival.
acknowledgement: 'German Science Foundation. Grant Number: SCHR 1135/2-1. We thank
M. Adam for handling part of the setups and J. Zoellner for behavioral observations.'
author:
- first_name: Sina
full_name: Metzler, Sina
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- first_name: Alexandra
full_name: Schrempf, Alexandra
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ama: Metzler S, Heinze J, Schrempf A. Mating and longevity in ant males. Ecology
and Evolution. 2016;6(24):8903-8906. doi:10.1002/ece3.2474
apa: Metzler, S., Heinze, J., & Schrempf, A. (2016). Mating and longevity in
ant males. Ecology and Evolution. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2474
chicago: Metzler, Sina, Jürgen Heinze, and Alexandra Schrempf. “Mating and Longevity
in Ant Males.” Ecology and Evolution. Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2474.
ieee: S. Metzler, J. Heinze, and A. Schrempf, “Mating and longevity in ant males,”
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 6, no. 24. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 8903–8906,
2016.
ista: Metzler S, Heinze J, Schrempf A. 2016. Mating and longevity in ant males.
Ecology and Evolution. 6(24), 8903–8906.
mla: Metzler, Sina, et al. “Mating and Longevity in Ant Males.” Ecology and Evolution,
vol. 6, no. 24, Wiley-Blackwell, 2016, pp. 8903–06, doi:10.1002/ece3.2474.
short: S. Metzler, J. Heinze, A. Schrempf, Ecology and Evolution 6 (2016) 8903–8906.
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acknowledgement: The authors thank Sophie A.O. Armitage and Jan N. Offenborn for helpful
comments on the figures, and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.
The project was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, KU 1929/4-2)
within the priority programme SPP 1399 “Host–Parasite Coevolution”.
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citation:
ama: 'Milutinovic B, Peuß R, Ferro K, Kurtz J. Immune priming in arthropods: an
update focusing on the red flour beetle. Zoology . 2016;119(4):254-261.
doi:10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006'
apa: 'Milutinovic, B., Peuß, R., Ferro, K., & Kurtz, J. (2016). Immune priming
in arthropods: an update focusing on the red flour beetle. Zoology . Elsevier.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006'
chicago: 'Milutinovic, Barbara, Robert Peuß, Kevin Ferro, and Joachim Kurtz. “Immune
Priming in Arthropods: An Update Focusing on the Red Flour Beetle.” Zoology
. Elsevier, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006.'
ieee: 'B. Milutinovic, R. Peuß, K. Ferro, and J. Kurtz, “Immune priming in arthropods:
an update focusing on the red flour beetle,” Zoology , vol. 119, no. 4.
Elsevier, pp. 254–261, 2016.'
ista: 'Milutinovic B, Peuß R, Ferro K, Kurtz J. 2016. Immune priming in arthropods:
an update focusing on the red flour beetle. Zoology . 119(4), 254–261.'
mla: 'Milutinovic, Barbara, et al. “Immune Priming in Arthropods: An Update Focusing
on the Red Flour Beetle.” Zoology , vol. 119, no. 4, Elsevier, 2016, pp.
254–61, doi:10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.006.'
short: B. Milutinovic, R. Peuß, K. Ferro, J. Kurtz, Zoology 119 (2016) 254–261.
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