Kinship composition in mammals
Understanding the evolution of group-living and cooperation requires information on who animals live and cooperate with. Animals can live with kin, non-kin or both, and kinship structure can influence the benefits and costs of group-living and the evolution of within-group cooperation. One aspect of...
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| author | André S. Pereira Delphine De Moor Catarina Casanova Lauren J. N. Brent |
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| description | Understanding the evolution of group-living and cooperation requires information on who animals live and cooperate with. Animals can live with kin, non-kin or both, and kinship structure can influence the benefits and costs of group-living and the evolution of within-group cooperation. One aspect of kinship structure is kinship composition, i.e. a group-level attribute of the presence of kin and/or non-kin dyads in groups. Despite its putative importance, the kinship composition of mammalian groups has yet to be characterized. Here, we use the published literature to build an initial kinship composition dataset in mammals, laying the groundwork for future work in the field. In roughly half of the 18 species in our sample, individuals lived solely with same-sex kin, and, in the other half, individuals lived with related and unrelated individuals of the same sex. These initial results suggest that it is not rare for social mammals to live with unrelated individuals of the same sex, highlighting the importance of considering indirect and direct fitness benefits as co-drivers of the evolution of sociality. We hope that our initial dataset and insights will spur the study of kinship structure and sociality towards new exciting avenues. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ace5938deb824ba8a4452595f47ed2b22023-07-19T07:05:34ZengThe Royal SocietyRoyal Society Open Science2054-57032023-07-0110710.1098/rsos.230486Kinship composition in mammalsAndré S. Pereira0Delphine De Moor1Catarina Casanova2Lauren J. N. Brent3Centre for Research in Animal Behavior, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QG, UKCentre for Research in Animal Behavior, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QG, UKResearch Centre for Anthropology and Health, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456 Coimbra, PortugalCentre for Research in Animal Behavior, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QG, UKUnderstanding the evolution of group-living and cooperation requires information on who animals live and cooperate with. Animals can live with kin, non-kin or both, and kinship structure can influence the benefits and costs of group-living and the evolution of within-group cooperation. One aspect of kinship structure is kinship composition, i.e. a group-level attribute of the presence of kin and/or non-kin dyads in groups. Despite its putative importance, the kinship composition of mammalian groups has yet to be characterized. Here, we use the published literature to build an initial kinship composition dataset in mammals, laying the groundwork for future work in the field. In roughly half of the 18 species in our sample, individuals lived solely with same-sex kin, and, in the other half, individuals lived with related and unrelated individuals of the same sex. These initial results suggest that it is not rare for social mammals to live with unrelated individuals of the same sex, highlighting the importance of considering indirect and direct fitness benefits as co-drivers of the evolution of sociality. We hope that our initial dataset and insights will spur the study of kinship structure and sociality towards new exciting avenues.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230486relatednessgroup-livingcooperationsocialitypedigreekinship |
| spellingShingle | André S. Pereira Delphine De Moor Catarina Casanova Lauren J. N. Brent Kinship composition in mammals Royal Society Open Science relatedness group-living cooperation sociality pedigree kinship |
| title | Kinship composition in mammals |
| title_full | Kinship composition in mammals |
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| title_short | Kinship composition in mammals |
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| topic | relatedness group-living cooperation sociality pedigree kinship |
| url | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230486 |
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