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| Title |
Cortisol mediates cleaner wrasse switch from cooperation to cheating and tactical deception
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| Published in |
Hormones & Behavior, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.06.010 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Marta C. Soares, Sónia C. Cardoso, Alexandra S. Grutter, Rui F. Oliveira, Redouan Bshary |
| Abstract |
Recent empirical research, mostly done on humans, recognizes that individuals' physiological state affects levels of cooperation. An individual's internal state may affect the payoffs of behavioural alternatives, which in turn could influence the decision to either cooperate or to defect. However, little is known about the physiology underlying condition dependent cooperation. Here, we demonstrate that shifts in cortisol levels affect levels of cooperation in wild cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus. These cleaners cooperate by removing ectoparasites from visiting 'client' reef fishes but prefer to eat client mucus, which constitutes cheating. We exogenously administrated one of three different compounds to adults, that is, (a) cortisol, (b) glucocorticoid receptor antagonist mifepristone RU486 or (c) sham (saline), and observed their cleaning behaviour during the following 45min. The effects of cortisol match an earlier observational study that first described the existence of "cheating" cleaners: such cleaners provide small clients with more tactile stimulation with their pectoral and pelvic fins, a behaviour that attracts larger clients that are then bitten to obtain mucus. Blocking glucocorticoid receptors led to more tactile stimulation to large clients. As energy demands and associated cortisol concentration level shifts affect cleaner wrasse behavioural patterns, cortisol potentially offers a general mechanism for condition dependent cooperation in vertebrates. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 113 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 2 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 108 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 16% |
| Researcher | 16 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 9% |
| Other | 19 | 17% |
| Unknown | 19 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 47 | 42% |
| Environmental Science | 11 | 10% |
| Psychology | 9 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 7% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 10% |
| Unknown | 22 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 September 2023.
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#7,355,485
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Outputs from Hormones & Behavior
#981
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#66,484
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Outputs of similar age from Hormones & Behavior
#5
of 21 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 2,295 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.3. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 56% of its peers.
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