---
_id: '7727'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) have been shown to influence
    social signalling and mate preferences in many species, including humans. First
    observations suggest that MHC signalling may also affect female fertility. To
    test this hypothesis, we exposed 191 female horses (Equus caballus) to either
    an MHC-similar or an MHC-dissimilar stimulus male around the time of ovulation
    and conception. A within-subject experimental design controlled for non-MHC-linked
    male characteristics, and instrumental insemination with semen of other males
    (n = 106) controlled for potential confounding effects of semen or embryo characteristics.
    We found that females were more likely to become pregnant if exposed to an MHC-dissimilar
    than to an MHC-similar male, while overall genetic distance to the stimulus males
    (based on microsatellite markers on 20 chromosomes) had no effect. Our results
    demonstrate that early pregnancy failures can be due to maternal life-history
    decisions (cryptic female choice) influenced by MHC-linked social signalling.
article_number: '20171824'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: D.
  full_name: Burger, D.
  last_name: Burger
- first_name: S.
  full_name: Thomas, S.
  last_name: Thomas
- first_name: H.
  full_name: Aepli, H.
  last_name: Aepli
- first_name: M.
  full_name: Dreyer, M.
  last_name: Dreyer
- first_name: G.
  full_name: Fabre, G.
  last_name: Fabre
- first_name: E.
  full_name: Marti, E.
  last_name: Marti
- first_name: H.
  full_name: Sieme, H.
  last_name: Sieme
- first_name: Matthew Richard
  full_name: Robinson, Matthew Richard
  id: E5D42276-F5DA-11E9-8E24-6303E6697425
  last_name: Robinson
  orcid: 0000-0001-8982-8813
- first_name: C.
  full_name: Wedekind, C.
  last_name: Wedekind
citation:
  ama: 'Burger D, Thomas S, Aepli H, et al. Major histocompatibility complex-linked
    social signalling affects female fertility. <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society
    B: Biological Sciences</i>. 2017;284(1868). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1824">10.1098/rspb.2017.1824</a>'
  apa: 'Burger, D., Thomas, S., Aepli, H., Dreyer, M., Fabre, G., Marti, E., … Wedekind,
    C. (2017). Major histocompatibility complex-linked social signalling affects female
    fertility. <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences</i>. The
    Royal Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1824">https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1824</a>'
  chicago: 'Burger, D., S. Thomas, H. Aepli, M. Dreyer, G. Fabre, E. Marti, H. Sieme,
    Matthew Richard Robinson, and C. Wedekind. “Major Histocompatibility Complex-Linked
    Social Signalling Affects Female Fertility.” <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society
    B: Biological Sciences</i>. The Royal Society, 2017. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1824">https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1824</a>.'
  ieee: 'D. Burger <i>et al.</i>, “Major histocompatibility complex-linked social
    signalling affects female fertility,” <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological
    Sciences</i>, vol. 284, no. 1868. The Royal Society, 2017.'
  ista: 'Burger D, Thomas S, Aepli H, Dreyer M, Fabre G, Marti E, Sieme H, Robinson
    MR, Wedekind C. 2017. Major histocompatibility complex-linked social signalling
    affects female fertility. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
    284(1868), 20171824.'
  mla: 'Burger, D., et al. “Major Histocompatibility Complex-Linked Social Signalling
    Affects Female Fertility.” <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences</i>,
    vol. 284, no. 1868, 20171824, The Royal Society, 2017, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1824">10.1098/rspb.2017.1824</a>.'
  short: 'D. Burger, S. Thomas, H. Aepli, M. Dreyer, G. Fabre, E. Marti, H. Sieme,
    M.R. Robinson, C. Wedekind, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
    284 (2017).'
date_created: 2020-04-30T10:46:43Z
date_published: 2017-12-06T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:15:08Z
day: '06'
doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1824
extern: '1'
external_id:
  pmid:
  - '29212724'
intvolume: '       284'
issue: '1868'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '12'
oa_version: None
pmid: 1
publication: 'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences'
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0962-8452
  - 1471-2954
publication_status: published
publisher: The Royal Society
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Major histocompatibility complex-linked social signalling affects female fertility
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 284
year: '2017'
...
---
_id: '7741'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Phenotypes expressed in a social context are not only a function of the individual,
    but can also be shaped by the phenotypes of social partners. These social effects
    may play a major role in the evolution of cooperative breeding if social partners
    differ in the quality of care they provide and if individual carers adjust their
    effort in relation to that of other carers. When applying social effects models
    to wild study systems, it is also important to explore sources of individual plasticity
    that could masquerade as social effects. We studied offspring provisioning rates
    of parents and helpers in a wild population of long-tailed tits Aegithalos caudatus
    using a quantitative genetic framework to identify these social effects and partition
    them into genetic, permanent environment and current environment components. Controlling
    for other effects, individuals were consistent in their provisioning effort at
    a given nest, but adjusted their effort based on who was in their social group,
    indicating the presence of social effects. However, these social effects differed
    between years and social contexts, indicating a current environment effect, rather
    than indicating a genetic or permanent environment effect. While this study reveals
    the importance of examining environmental and genetic sources of social effects,
    the framework we present is entirely general, enabling a greater understanding
    of potentially important social effects within any ecological population.
article_number: '20150689'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Mark James
  full_name: Adams, Mark James
  last_name: Adams
- first_name: Matthew Richard
  full_name: Robinson, Matthew Richard
  id: E5D42276-F5DA-11E9-8E24-6303E6697425
  last_name: Robinson
  orcid: 0000-0001-8982-8813
- first_name: Maria-Elena
  full_name: Mannarelli, Maria-Elena
  last_name: Mannarelli
- first_name: Ben J.
  full_name: Hatchwell, Ben J.
  last_name: Hatchwell
citation:
  ama: 'Adams MJ, Robinson MR, Mannarelli M-E, Hatchwell BJ. Social genetic and social
    environment effects on parental and helper care in a cooperatively breeding bird.
    <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences</i>. 2015;282(1810).
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0689">10.1098/rspb.2015.0689</a>'
  apa: 'Adams, M. J., Robinson, M. R., Mannarelli, M.-E., &#38; Hatchwell, B. J. (2015).
    Social genetic and social environment effects on parental and helper care in a
    cooperatively breeding bird. <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological
    Sciences</i>. The Royal Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0689">https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0689</a>'
  chicago: 'Adams, Mark James, Matthew Richard Robinson, Maria-Elena Mannarelli, and
    Ben J. Hatchwell. “Social Genetic and Social Environment Effects on Parental and
    Helper Care in a Cooperatively Breeding Bird.” <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society
    B: Biological Sciences</i>. The Royal Society, 2015. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0689">https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0689</a>.'
  ieee: 'M. J. Adams, M. R. Robinson, M.-E. Mannarelli, and B. J. Hatchwell, “Social
    genetic and social environment effects on parental and helper care in a cooperatively
    breeding bird,” <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences</i>,
    vol. 282, no. 1810. The Royal Society, 2015.'
  ista: 'Adams MJ, Robinson MR, Mannarelli M-E, Hatchwell BJ. 2015. Social genetic
    and social environment effects on parental and helper care in a cooperatively
    breeding bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282(1810),
    20150689.'
  mla: 'Adams, Mark James, et al. “Social Genetic and Social Environment Effects on
    Parental and Helper Care in a Cooperatively Breeding Bird.” <i>Proceedings of
    the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences</i>, vol. 282, no. 1810, 20150689, The
    Royal Society, 2015, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0689">10.1098/rspb.2015.0689</a>.'
  short: 'M.J. Adams, M.R. Robinson, M.-E. Mannarelli, B.J. Hatchwell, Proceedings
    of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (2015).'
date_created: 2020-04-30T10:58:07Z
date_published: 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:15:12Z
day: '07'
doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0689
extern: '1'
external_id:
  pmid:
  - '26063846'
intvolume: '       282'
issue: '1810'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0689
month: '07'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
pmid: 1
publication: 'Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences'
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0962-8452
  - 1471-2954
publication_status: published
publisher: The Royal Society
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Social genetic and social environment effects on parental and helper care in
  a cooperatively breeding bird
type: journal_article
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
volume: 282
year: '2015'
...