--------------------------- *** General information *** --------------------------- These datasets contain data from: Konrad M, Grasse AV, Tragust S, Cremer S (2014) Anti-pathogen protection versus survival costs mediated by an ectosymbiont in an ant host Data collectors: Matthias Konrad, Anna V. Grasse Email addresses: Matthias.Konrad@ist.ac.at, Anna.Grasse@ist.ac.at, Sylvia.Cremer@ist.ac.at Datasets are saved as CSV files. ----------------- *** File list *** ----------------- Konrad_etal_2014_survival.csv Konrad_etal_2014_behaviour.csv Konrad_etal_2014_gene_expression.csv -------------------------------- *** Description of the files *** -------------------------------- Konrad_etal_2014_survival.csv This file contains the data which was used to analyse the survival of Laboulbenia-carrying ants (1) under starvation conditions and (2) after Metarhizium challenge. Data collector: Matthias Konrad Columns: - "Treatment": Treatment of the ant; coded as: 1 = starvation conditions, 2 = Metarhizium challenge - "Thallinumber": Number of Laboulbenia-thalli on the ant's cuticle - "Day of death": Day (after the start of the experiment) the ant died; ants that were still alive at the end of the experiment (i.e. after 14 days) have a value of 14 - "Status": Status of the ant at the end of the experiment (i.e. 14 days after the start of the experiment); coded as: 0 = alive, 1 = dead ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Konrad_etal_2014_behaviour.csv This file contains the data which was used to analyse the behaviour of ants with low (1-75 thalli) and high (>150 thalli) Laboulbenia level. Data collector: Matthias Konrad Columns: - "Treatment": Treatment of the ant; coded as: 1 = no treatment (naive), 2 = exposed to a sham control, 3 = exposed to Metarhizium - "Laboulbenia level": Amount of Laboulbenia-thalli on the ant's cuticle; coded as: low = 1-75 thalli, high = >150 thalli - "Non-Sanitary Activity": Time spent with active behaviour except self-grooming (in seconds) - "Selfgrooming": Time spent performing self-grooming behaviour (in seconds) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Konrad_etal_2014_gene_expression.csv This file contains the data which was used to analyse the immune gene expression in ants with low (1-75 thalli) and high (>150 thalli) Laboulbenia level. Data collectors: Matthias Konrad, Anna V. Grasse Columns: - "Treatment": Treatment of the ant; coded as: 1 = no treatment (naive), 2 = exposed to a sham control, 3 = exposed to Metarhizium - "Laboulbenia level": Amount of Laboulbenia-thalli on the ant's cuticle; coded as: low = 1-75 thalli, high = >150 thalli - "Prophenoloxidase": Expression level of the immune gene Prophenoloxidase normalised to the housekeeping gene 28S Ribosomal Protein S18a - "Beta-1,3-Glucan Binding Protein": Expression level of the immune gene Beta-1,3-Glucan Binding Protein normalised to the housekeeping gene 28S Ribosomal Protein S18a - "Hymenoptaecin": Expression level of the immune gene Hymenoptaecin normalised to the housekeeping gene 28S Ribosomal Protein S18a - "Defensin1": Expression level of the immune gene Defensin1 normalised to the housekeeping gene 28S Ribosomal Protein S18a - "28S RP S18a": Expression level of the housekeeping gene 28S Ribosomal Protein S18a