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Social and genetic interactions drive fitness variation in a free-living dolphin population

Overview of attention for article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, November 2010
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Title
Social and genetic interactions drive fitness variation in a free-living dolphin population
Published in
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, November 2010
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1007997107
Pubmed ID
Authors

Celine H. Frère, Michael Krützen, Janet Mann, Richard C. Connor, Lars Bejder, William B. Sherwin

Abstract

The evolutionary forces that drive fitness variation in species are of considerable interest. Despite this, the relative importance and interactions of genetic and social factors involved in the evolution of fitness traits in wild mammalian populations are largely unknown. To date, a few studies have demonstrated that fitness might be influenced by either social factors or genes in natural populations, but none have explored how the combined effect of social and genetic parameters might interact to influence fitness. Drawing from a long-term study of wild bottlenose dolphins in the eastern gulf of Shark Bay, Western Australia, we present a unique approach to understanding these interactions. Our study shows that female calving success depends on both genetic inheritance and social bonds. Moreover, we demonstrate that interactions between social and genetic factors also influence female fitness. Therefore, our study represents a major methodological advance, and provides critical insights into the interplay of genetic and social parameters of fitness.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 9 2%
United Kingdom 5 1%
Mexico 3 <1%
Germany 2 <1%
Brazil 2 <1%
Spain 2 <1%
Japan 2 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Senegal 1 <1%
Other 9 2%
Unknown 373 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 90 22%
Researcher 70 17%
Student > Master 56 14%
Student > Bachelor 55 13%
Student > Postgraduate 20 5%
Other 66 16%
Unknown 52 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 244 60%
Environmental Science 42 10%
Psychology 14 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 3%
Social Sciences 7 2%
Other 23 6%
Unknown 67 16%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. 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 14 March 2023.
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#20,860
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#5,432
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Outputs of similar age from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
#118
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