Heritability of personality traits in dumpling squid (Euprymna tasmanica) and fitness-related consequences

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

This study used crosses of wild-caught dumpling squid (Euprymna tasmanica) males to multiple females with known behavioural types to evaluate patterns of additive and residual variance in behavioural traits from offspring under two contexts - a threat and a foraging test. Genetic contributions to behavioural expression were context-dependent. Threat context behaviour had significant heritability, while foraging context behaviour had lesser additive and greater residual components. Female trait variation was not correlated with fecundity. Female foraging boldness (which co-varied with size) explained some variation in brood hatching success. Positive assortion of mate pairs according to shy-bold phenotype determined fertilization success.

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Title Heritability of personality traits in dumpling squid (Euprymna tasmanica) and fitness-related consequences
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/d6bc8474-7320-4280-9e9c-a30c17529568
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Australian Ocean Data Network
David.sinn@utas.edu.au
Reference Period 01/06/2002 - 30/04/2004
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Heritability of personality traits in dumpling squid (Euprymna tasmanica) and fitness-related consequences". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/heritability-of-personality-traits-in-dumpling-squid-euprymna-tasmanica-and-fitness-related-con