Greg Detre
Monday, May 28, 2001
Prof. Marian Dawkins
Animal Behaviour V
Notes � animal behaviour V, kin recognition
Why and how do animals recognise their relatives?
Please start your reading with the relevant chapter of or J.R.Krebs and N.B.Davies An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology or R.Dawkins The Selfish Gene 2nd ed. so that you are clear about the basic theory.
R.Heinsohn & S. Legge (1999) The cost of helping. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14: 53-57
J.L.Hoogland (1983) Nepotism and alarm calling in the black-tailed Prairie dog. Animal Behaviour 31: p.472.
J.Jarvis (1994) Mammalian eusociality: a family affair. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 9(2): 47-51.
S.T.Emlen & P.H. Wrege(1991) A test of alternate hypotheses for helping behavior in whit-fronted bee-eaters of Kenya. Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology 25: 303-319.
J. Komdeur & B.J.Hatchwell (1999) Kin recognition: function and mechanisms in avian societies. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14: 237-241.
J.L.Brown & A.Eklund (1994) Kin recognition and the major histocompatibility complex: an integretarive review. American Naturalist 143: 435-461.
S. Lenington (1994) Of mice, men and the MHC. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 9(12)p. 455-456.
group selection???
species level reasons for kin recognition???
kin recognition vs kin selection???
was Richard Dawkins the one behind �selfish gene� theory???
how do we define a gene??? can one nucleotide be part of >1 gene � do they have receptive fields???
why is our genome ordered into chromosomes???
why is it important that the colonies the mole-rats live in are based on kin, rather than just groups???
is the MHC a green beard???
is the MHC an area of genetic code???
why do mice �pregnancy block�???
xeric - characterized by dry conditions.
eusociality � restricted breeding???
isopertan/hymenopteran
poikilothermic - Having a body temperature that varies with the temperature of the surroundings. Opp. HOMOIOTHERMIC a.
endothermic - dependent on or capable of internal generation of heat.
motility
labile
multilocus DNA fingerprinting
how does the breeding female�s body know to be elongated???
how does high inter-colony relatedness affect things??? greater inclusive fitness
philopatry
how does the MHC work???
megabases
proteolytic
serological
pregnancy block
chemotaxis
thymic
heterozygous
overdominance
polymorphism
non-synonymous
disease resistance theory
tunicates
zooids
allorecognition
colony fusion/histocompatibility
sessile
eu'social a. (Zool.) showing an advanced level of social organization, in which a single female or caste produces the offspring and non-reproductive individuals cooperate in caring for the young M20.
B adj. Biol. (Of a cell) containing two homologous sets of chromosomes, one from each parent; (of an individual) composed of diploid cells. E20.diploid number the number of chromosomes in the body cells of an organism.
(Members of) a large order of insects (including bees, wasps, and ants) characterized by two pairs of wings and in females an ovipositor adapted for stinging, piercing, or sawing.