Purcell_Chapuisat_2014_Cross_Foster_Data

This file contains all data associated with the article: "Foster care-givers influence brood pathogen resistance in ants". Please see the ReadMe file for detailed descriptions

F_selysis_X_Foster_Brood_Survival

Data on the proportion of brood that survived to eclose in each rearing group, given the number of eggs that were collected

F_selysi_x_foster_egg_survival

Eggs were collected from field colonies and placed with rearing groups of foreign workers. This file contains survival data for eggs that were collected by workers in each rearing group

F_selysi_microsatellite

Formica selysi microsatellite genotypes from individuals collected across a 10-year time span in the Bois de Finges reserve between Sierre and Susten in Valais, Switzerland

Formica_selysi_COI_MolEcol.fas

Aligned COI sequences of Formica selysi individuals

Purcell et al. Microsat Data

Microsatellite results for each individual and each colony. 'NA' represents missing data. Individuals with poor quality results were removed

Summary of results from rafting experiments.

<p>Summary of results from rafting experiments.</p

Comparison of recovery of rafts with and without brood: time to disassemble raft (a) and proportion of unresponsive workers after 60 minute recovery period (b).

<p>Comparison of recovery of rafts with and without brood: time to disassemble raft (a) and proportion of unresponsive workers after 60 minute recovery period (b).</p

Photos of floodplain habitat in Valais, Switzerland (a) and incipient raft during self-assembly (b).

<p>Photos of floodplain habitat in Valais, Switzerland (a) and incipient raft during self-assembly (b).</p

1-BRA1

This is the raw GCMS data for Formica cinerea colony BRA1. The file is in .RAW format, which is compatible with Thermo Xcalibur, Micromass MassLynx, and Perkin Elmer TurboMass