DOI: 10.5061/dryad.2v6wwpzwj
title: Data for: Selection on the joint action of pairs leads to divergent adaptation and coadaptation of care-giving parents during pre-hatching care

description: The joint actions of animals in partnerships or social groups evolve under
 both natural selection, from the wider environment, and social selection,
 imposed by other members of the pair or group. We used experimental
 evolution to investigate how jointly expressed actions evolve upon
 exposure to a new environmental challenge. Our work focused on the
 evolution of carrion nest preparation by pairs of burying beetles
 Nicrophorus vespilloides, a joint activity undertaken by the pair but
 typically led by the male. In previous work, we found that carrion nest
 preparation evolved to be faster in experimental populations without
 post-hatching care (No Care lines) than with post-hatching care (Full Care
 lines). Here we investigate how this joint activity evolved. After 15
 generations of experimental evolution, we created heterotypic pairs (No
 Care females with Full Care males, and No Care males with Full Care
 females) and compared their carrion nest making with homotypic No Care and
 Full Care pairs. We found that pairs with No Care males prepared the nest
 more rapidly than pairs with Full Care males, regardless of the female’s
 line of origin. We discuss how social coadaptations within pairs or groups
 could act as a post-mating barrier to gene flow.
description: # Data for: Selection on the joint action of pairs leads to divergent
 adaptation and coadaptation of care-giving parents during pre-hatching
 care
 [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.2v6wwpzwj](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.2v6wwpzwj) This README file was generated on 2022-03-02 by Benjamin Jarrett This README was edited by Benjamin Jarrett on 2024-04-15 ## GENERAL INFORMATION 1\. Title of Dataset: Data for “Selection on the join action of pairs leads to divergent adaptation and coadaptation of care-giving parents during pre-hatching care” 2\. Author Information (current address) Name: Benjamin Jarrett Institution: School of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Bangor University Address: Thoday Building, Bangor University, St Deiniol Road, Bangor, LL57 2DF, UK Email: [b.jarrett@bangor.ac.uk](mailto:b.jarrett@bangor.ac.uk) / [bjmjarrett@gmail.com](mailto:bjmjarrett@gmail.com) 3\. Date of data collection: approximately 2017-02-01 4\. Geographic location of data collection: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK  5\. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: European Research Council ## SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION 1\. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: None 2\. Links to publications that cite or use the data: [https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.23.493134](https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.23.493134) 3\. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: NA 4\. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: NA 5\. Was data derived from another source? No 6\. Recommended citation for this dataset:  ## DATA & FILE OVERVIEW 1\. File List:  hole_analysis.R brood_analysis2.R epistasis_raw_data.xlsx 2\. Relationship between files, if important: NA 3\. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: NA 4\. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? NO ## METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION 1\. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Data were collected in the laboratory as described in the associated preprint. Data were hand collected, transcribed to spreadsheet, and double checked. 2\. Methods for processing the data: NA 3\. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: All analyses were run with R version 3.5.1 and analyses were performed with the Bayesian package brms which uses the Stan probabilistic programming language. 4\. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: NA 5\. Environmental/experimental conditions: 25 C in a laboratory environment 6\. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Data were double checked with the spreadsheet compared with the hand collected data. 7\. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Benjamin Jarrett ## DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: epistasis\_raw\_data.xlsx 1\. Number of variables: 22 2\. Number of cases/rows: 440 3\. Variable List:  treatment: the parental care environment (either F, Full Care, or N, No Care) pair: the pair number within each treatment carcass: the mass of the carcass in g male_pop: the population from which the male originated male_treatment: Whether the male evolved under FC (F) or NC (N) female_pop: the population from which the female originated female_treatment: whether the female evolved under FC (F) or NC (N) treat_cross: the combination of male and female background cross: the specific populations crossed MALE_ID: the id of the male MALE_SIZE: the width of the male’s pronotum (mm) FEMALE_ID: the id of the female FEMALE_SIZE: the width of the female’s pronotum (mm) no_eggs: number of eggs estimated for the pair at 53 hours hole: presence (1) or absence (0) of a feeding incision at 53 hours post pairing no_larvae: the number of larvae that disperse eight days post pairing brood_mass: the mass of all larvae (in grams) failure: the success or failure (no_larvae = 0) of a brood 4\. Missing data codes: Missing data are included as NAs. 5\. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: NA