dc.contributor.author | Brahma, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Leon, RG | |
dc.contributor.author | Hernandez, GL | |
dc.contributor.author | Wurm, Y | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-05T10:17:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-10-21 | |
dc.date.available | 2024-01-05T10:17:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0962-1083 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/93414 | |
dc.description.abstract | The benefits of cooperative living for foraging, nesting, defence and buffering environmental challenges lead animals with the most highly social lifestyles to dominate many ecosystems. However, living in larger, more highly connected groups should also increase the risks of pathogen exposure and transmission. While over long timescales selective responses could buffer the impacts of potential higher pathogen prevalence, similar processes are unlikely over short timescales. The red fire ant Solenopsis invicta is ideal for measuring the effects of group size on pathogen prevalence because two types of society coexist in this species: smaller single-nest single-queen colonies that are highly aggressive to their neighbours and larger multiple-queen colonies that exchange resources with neighbouring nests. We compare the presence of viruses between these two colony types using metagenomic sequence classification of RNA-sequencing reads. We find that queens from multiple-queen colonies have 8.3-times higher viral load and 1.5-times higher viral diversity than queens from single-queen colonies. This finding characterizes a rarely considered cost of transitions to more highly social living. Furthermore, our results show that highly social invertebrates can harbour many viruses. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 859 - 865 | |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | MOLECULAR ECOLOGY | |
dc.rights | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | monogyne | en_US |
dc.subject | polygyne | en_US |
dc.subject | social evolution | en_US |
dc.subject | Solenopsis invicta | en_US |
dc.subject | trade-offs | en_US |
dc.subject | viral transmission | en_US |
dc.title | Larger, more connected societies of ants have a higher prevalence of viruses | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | © 2021 The Authors. Molecular Ecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/mec.16284 | |
pubs.author-url | https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000726516600001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=612ae0d773dcbdba3046f6df545e9f6a | en_US |
pubs.issue | 3 | en_US |
pubs.notes | Not known | en_US |
pubs.publication-status | Published | en_US |
pubs.volume | 31 | en_US |
rioxxterms.funder | Default funder | en_US |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | Default project | en_US |
qmul.funder | Harnessing the Melanocortin System (MCS)to moderate inflammation and enhance healthy ageing::LIDo Programme - BBSRC | en_US |
qmul.funder | Harnessing the Melanocortin System (MCS)to moderate inflammation and enhance healthy ageing::LIDo Programme - BBSRC | en_US |
qmul.funder | Harnessing the Melanocortin System (MCS)to moderate inflammation and enhance healthy ageing::LIDo Programme - BBSRC | en_US |