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| Title |
A polychromatic ‘greenbeard’ locus determines patterns of cooperation in a social amoeba
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| Published in |
Nature Communications, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.1038/ncomms14171 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nicole Gruenheit, Katie Parkinson, Balint Stewart, Jennifer A. Howie, Jason B. Wolf, Christopher R. L. Thompson |
| Abstract |
Cheaters disrupt cooperation by reaping the benefits without paying their fair share of associated costs. Cheater impact can be diminished if cooperators display a tag ('greenbeard') and recognise and preferentially direct cooperation towards other tag carriers. Despite its popular appeal, the feasibility of such greenbeards has been questioned because the complex patterns of partner-specific cooperative behaviours seen in nature require greenbeards to come in different colours. Here we show that a locus ('Tgr') of a social amoeba represents a polychromatic greenbeard. Patterns of natural Tgr locus sequence polymorphisms predict partner-specific patterns of cooperation by underlying variation in partner-specific protein-protein binding strength and recognition specificity. Finally, Tgr locus polymorphisms increase fitness because they help avoid potential costs of cooperating with incompatible partners. These results suggest that a polychromatic greenbeard can provide a key mechanism for the evolutionary maintenance of cooperation. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 23 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 26% |
| United States | 2 | 9% |
| Finland | 1 | 4% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 10 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 48% |
| Scientists | 10 | 43% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 88 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 86 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 28% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 10% |
| Researcher | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 14% |
| Unknown | 13 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 32 | 36% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 21 | 24% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 17 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 41. 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 26 March 2022.
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