Crozier’s paradox revisited: maintenance of genetic recognition systems by disassortative mating

Holman, Luke; van Zweden, Jelle S; Linksvayer, Timothy A; d’Ettorre, Patrizia

doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-211

BMC Ecology and Evolution

Table 2 Review of empirical evidence that disassortative mating contributes to the maintenance of genetic variation in kin recognition cues

From: Crozier’s paradox revisited: maintenance of genetic recognition systems by disassortative mating

Taxon	Cue used to facilitate assortative cooperation	Inbreeding avoidance/disassortative mating?	Cue used in mating choice	Potential for resolution of Crozier’s paradox by disassortative mating	References
Slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum	TgrB1 and TgrC1 surface proteins	Yes	mat locus	No	Benabentos et al. 2009 [13], Bloomfield et al. 2010 [49], Hirose et al. 2011 [46]
Fungi Neurospora crassa, Aspergillus heterothallicus, Sordaria brevicolus	MAT loci	Yes	MAT loci (lipopeptide pheromones)	Yes	Shiu and Glass 1999 [51], Aanen et al. 2008 [9], Hall et al. 2010 [52]
Fungi, other species	Other heterokaryon incompatibility loci	Yes	MAT loci (lipopeptide pheromones)	Possibly	Shiu and Glass 1999 [51], Aanen et al. 2008 [9], Hall et al. 2010 [52]
Colonial ascidians Botryllus schlosseri and Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus	Histocompatibility locus A	No	n/a	No	Grosberg and Quinn 1986, Grosberg and Hart 2000 [39], Rosengarten and Nicotra 2011 [14]
German cockroach Blattella germanica	CHCs	Yes	CHCs	Yes	Lihoreau et al. 2007 [59]; 2008 [60]; Lihoreau and Rivault 2008 [61]; 2010 [62]
Halictid bee Lasioglossum zephyrum	Lactones and/or CHCs	Yes	Lactones and/or CHCs	Possibly	Greenberg 1979 [72], Smith 1983 [68], Smith and Wenzel 1988 [73]
Social wasps Polistes dominulus and P. fuscatus	CHCs	Yes	Unknown	Possibly	Ryan and Gamboa 1986 [76], Gamboa 2004 [74], Liebert et al. 2010 [77]
Social wasp Ropalidia marginata	CHCs	No	n/a	No	Shilpa et al. 2010 [78]
Bumble bees Bombus spp.	Probably CHCs	In some species	Unknown	Possibly	Foster 1992 [69], Whitehorn et al. 2009 [79], Martin et al. 2010 [75]
Ants Leptothorax gredleri and Linepithema humile	CHCs	Yes	Probably CHCs	Possibly	Keller and Passera 1993 [70], Oppelt et al. 2008 [71], van Zweden and d’Ettorre 2010 [12]
Tuatara Sphenodon punctatus	MHC	Yes	MHC	Weak	Miller et al. 2009 [99]
Zebrafish Danio rerio	Odour cues	Yes	MHC-derived odours	Possibly	Gerlach and Lysiak 2006 [88], Gerlach et al. 2008 [89]
Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus	MHC-derived odours	Yes	MHC-derived odours	Yes	Olsén et al. 1998 [95], Skarstein et al. 2005 [98]
Atlantic salmon Salmo salar	MHC-derived odours	Yes	MHC-derived odours	Yes	Landry et al. 2001 [90], Rajakaruna et al. 2006 [96]
Long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus	Contact calls	Yes	Unknown	Possibly	Hatchwell et al. 2000 [111], Sharp et al. 2005 [109]
Mouse Mus musculus	MHC-derived odours	Yes	MHC-derived odours	Yes	Yamazaki et al. 1976 [84], 1988 [85], 2000 [83], Potts et al. 1991 [87], Manning et al. 1992 [82]
Naked mole rat Heterocephalus glaber	Odour cues	Yes	Odour cues	Possibly	Clarke and Faulkes 1999 [114]
Mandrill Mandrillus sphinx	Odour cues	Yes	MHC-derived odours	Possibly	Charpentier et al. 2007 [11], Setchell et al. 2010 [116], 2011 [117]
Human Homo sapiens	Facial cues	Yes	Facial cues	Yes	DeBruine 2005 [122], Bailenson et al. 2008, DeBruine et al. 2008 [119], Krupp et al. 2008 [119], Nojo et al. 2011 [123]

We list cases in which a cue used to facilitate assortative cooperation has been identified, state whether inbreeding avoidance or disassortative mating has been reported and examine whether the cues used in social and mate choice contexts are the same, potentially resolving Crozier’s paradox. CHCs: cuticular hydrocarbons, MHC: major histocompatibility complex.

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