Journal article
Repeatability and heritability of social reaction norms in a wild agamid lizard
Evolution, Vol.75(8), pp.1953-1965
2021
Abstract
In the evolutionary transition from solitary to group living, it should be adaptive for animals to respond to the environment and choose when to socialize to reduce conflict and maximize access to resources. Due to the associated proximate mechanisms (e.g. neural network, endocrine system), it is likely that this behavior varies between individuals according to genetic and non‐genetic factors. We used long‐term behavioral and genetic data from a population of eastern water dragons (Intellagama lesueurii) to explore variation in plasticity of social behavior, in response to sex ratio and density. To do so, we modeled individual variation in social reaction norms, which describe individuals’ mean behavior and behavioral responses to changes in their environment, and partitioned variance into genetic and non‐genetic components. We found that reaction norms were repeatable over multiple years, suggesting that individuals consistently differed in their behavioral responses to changes in the social environment. Despite high repeatability of reaction norm components, trait heritability was below our limit of detection based on power analyses (h2 < 0.12), leading to very little power to detect heritability of plasticity. This was in contrast to a relatively greater amount of variance associated with environmental effects. This could suggest that mechanisms such as social learning and frequency‐dependence may shape variance in reaction norms, which will be testable as the dataset grows.
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- Title
- Repeatability and heritability of social reaction norms in a wild agamid lizard
- Authors
- Kasha Strickland (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science and Engineering - LegacyDavid J Mitchell (Author) - Stockholm UniversityCoralie Delme (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and EngineeringCeline Frere (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Publication details
- Evolution, Vol.75(8), pp.1953-1965; 13
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- DOI
- 10.1111/evo.14298
- ISSN
- 1558-5646
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; GeneCology Research Centre - Legacy; School of Science and Engineering - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99548404902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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