Genetics and developmental biology of cooperation
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61388963%3A_____%2F17%3A00479546" target="_blank" >RIV/61388963:_____/17:00479546 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.14208" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.14208</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.14208" target="_blank" >10.1111/mec.14208</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Genetics and developmental biology of cooperation
Original language description
Despite essential progress towards understanding the evolution of cooperative behaviour, we still lack detailed knowledge about its underlying molecular mechanisms, genetic basis, evolutionary dynamics and ontogeny. An international workshop ”Genetics and Development of Cooperation”, organized by the University of Bern (Switzerland), aimed at discussing the current progress in this research field and suggesting avenues for future research. This review uses the major themes of the meeting as a springboard to synthesize the concepts of genetic and nongenetic inheritance of cooperation, and to review a quantitative genetic framework that allows for the inclusion of indirect genetic effects. Furthermore, we argue that including nongenetic inheritance, such as transgenerational epigenetic effects, parental effects, ecological and cultural inheritance, provides a more nuanced view of the evolution of cooperation. We summarize those genes and molecular pathways in a range of species that seem promising candidates for mechanisms underlying cooperative behaviours. Concerning the neurobiological substrate of cooperation, we suggest three cognitive skills necessary for the ability to cooperate: (i) event memory, (ii) synchrony with others and (iii) responsiveness to others. Taking a closer look at the developmental trajectories that lead to the expression of cooperative behaviours, we discuss the dichotomy between early morphological specialization in social insects and more flexible behavioural specialization in cooperatively breeding vertebrates. Finally, we provide recommendations for which biological systems and species may be particularly suitable, which specific traits and parameters should be measured, what type of approaches should be followed, and which methods should be employed in studies of cooperation to better understand how cooperation evolves and manifests in nature.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10603 - Genetics and heredity (medical genetics to be 3)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Molecular Ecology
ISSN
0962-1083
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
26
Issue of the periodical within the volume
17
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
4364-4377
UT code for WoS article
000408307600002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85028089148