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dc.contributor.authorNichols, HJ
dc.contributor.authorArbuckle, K
dc.contributor.authorSanderson, JL
dc.contributor.authorVitikainen, EIK
dc.contributor.authorMarshall, HH
dc.contributor.authorThompson, FJ
dc.contributor.authorCant, MA
dc.contributor.authorWells, DA
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-11T11:59:42Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-26
dc.description.abstractPersonality traits, such as the propensity to cooperate, are often inherited from parents to offspring, but the pathway of inheritance is unclear. Traits could be inherited via genetic or parental effects, or culturally via social learning from role models. However, these pathways are difficult to disentangle in natural systems as parents are usually the source of all of these effects. Here, we exploit natural ‘cross fostering’ in wild banded mongooses to investigate the inheritance of cooperative behaviour. Our analysis of 800 adult helpers over 21 years showed low but significant genetic heritability of cooperative personalities in males but not females. Cross fostering revealed little evidence of cultural heritability: offspring reared by particularly cooperative helpers did not become more cooperative themselves. Our results demonstrate that cooperative personalities are not always highly heritable in wild, and that the basis of behavioural traits can vary within a species (here, by sex).en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Commissionen_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipLeverhulme Trusten_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipAlexander von Humboldt Foundationen_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 24 (9), pp. 1966 - 1975en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ele.13833
dc.identifier.grantnumberNE/J010278/1en_GB
dc.identifier.grantnumberP/O 8700231303en_GB
dc.identifier.grantnumberNE/S000046/1en_GB
dc.identifier.grantnumberNE/N011171/1en_GB
dc.identifier.grantnumberIAF-2018-006en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/126738
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherWiley / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifiqueen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14248784.v1
dc.rights© 2021 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 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.en_GB
dc.subjectcooperationen_GB
dc.subjectcultural inheritanceen_GB
dc.subjecthelping syndromesen_GB
dc.subjectheritabilityen_GB
dc.subjectmissing inheritanceen_GB
dc.subjectpersonalityen_GB
dc.titleA double pedigree reveals genetic but not cultural inheritance of cooperative personalities in wild banded mongoosesen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2021-08-11T11:59:42Z
dc.identifier.issn1461-023X
dc.descriptionThis is the final version. Available on open access from Wiley via the DOI in this record. en_GB
dc.descriptionData availability statement: Data and R code used in this paper can be found at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14248784.v1
dc.identifier.eissn1461-0248
dc.identifier.journalEcology Lettersen_GB
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-05-26
exeter.funder::Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)en_GB
exeter.funder::European Commissionen_GB
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2021-08-11T11:54:46Z
refterms.versionFCDVoR
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-11T12:00:37Z
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© 2021 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 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.
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