Intraspecific variability in associative learning in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Mareike Koppik, Thomas Hoffmeister, Sven Brunkhorst, Melanie Kieß, Andra Thiel]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Animal Cognition, 18/3(2015-05-01), 593-604
Format:
Artikel (online)
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245 0 0 |a Intraspecific variability in associative learning in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis  |h [Elektronische Daten]  |c [Mareike Koppik, Thomas Hoffmeister, Sven Brunkhorst, Melanie Kieß, Andra Thiel] 
520 3 |a The ability to learn is key to behavioral adaptation to changing environments. Yet, learning rate and memory retention can vary greatly across or even within species. While interspecific differences have been attributed to ecological context or life history constraints, intraspecific variability in learning behavior is rarely studied and more often, ignored: inferences of the cognitive abilities of a species are most of the time made from experiments using individuals of a single population. Here, we show that learning of host-associated cues in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) shows considerable interpopulation variability, which is at least partly, genetically determined. The strengths of the learning response differed predictably between populations and also varied with the rewarding stimulus. We tested memory retention in a genetically diverse strain and in an iso-female line, bearing a low genetic variability. In addition, we compared our findings with published studies on a third strain using a meta-analytical approach. Our findings suggest that all three strains differ in memory formation from each other. We conclude that, even though the associative learning of host cues is most likely under strong natural selection in parasitoid wasps, considerable genetic variability is maintained at the population as well as at the species level in N. vitripennis. 
540 |a Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 
690 7 |a Host finding  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Memory formation  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Parasitoid wasp  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Cue reliability  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Classical conditioning  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Intraspecific variation  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Meta-analysis  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Koppik  |D Mareike  |u Faculty 02 Biology/Chemistry, Institute of Ecology, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße NW2, 28359, Bremen, Germany  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Hoffmeister  |D Thomas  |u Faculty 02 Biology/Chemistry, Institute of Ecology, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße NW2, 28359, Bremen, Germany  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Brunkhorst  |D Sven  |u Faculty 02 Biology/Chemistry, Institute of Ecology, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße NW2, 28359, Bremen, Germany  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Kieß  |D Melanie  |u Faculty 02 Biology/Chemistry, Institute of Ecology, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße NW2, 28359, Bremen, Germany  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Thiel  |D Andra  |u Faculty 02 Biology/Chemistry, Institute of Ecology, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße NW2, 28359, Bremen, Germany  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Hoffmeister  |D Thomas  |u Faculty 02 Biology/Chemistry, Institute of Ecology, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße NW2, 28359, Bremen, Germany  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Kieß  |D Melanie  |u Faculty 02 Biology/Chemistry, Institute of Ecology, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße NW2, 28359, Bremen, Germany  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Thiel  |D Andra  |u Faculty 02 Biology/Chemistry, Institute of Ecology, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße NW2, 28359, Bremen, Germany  |4 aut 
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