Hosts winnow symbionts with multiple layers of absolute and conditional discrimination mechanisms

In mutualism, hosts select symbionts via partner choice and preferentially direct more resources to symbionts that provide greater benefits via sanctions. At the initiation of symbiosis, prior to resource exchange, it is not known how the presence of multiple symbiont options (i.e. the symbiont social environment) impacts partner choice outcomes. Furthermore, little research addresses whether hosts primarily discriminate among symbionts via sanctions, partner choice or a combination. We inoculated the legume, Acmispon wrangelianus, with 28 pairs of fluorescently labelled Mesorhizobium strains that vary continuously in quality as nitrogen-fixing symbionts. We find that hosts exert robust partner choice, which enhances their fitness. This partner choice is conditional such that a strain's success in initiating nodules is impacted by other strains in the social environment. This social genetic effect is as important as a strain's own genotype in determining nodulation and has both transitive (consistent) and intransitive (idiosyncratic) effects on the probability that a symbiont will form a nodule. Furthermore, both absolute and conditional partner choice act in concert with sanctions, among and within nodules. Thus, multiple forms of host discrimination act as a series of sieves that optimize host benefits and select for costly symbiont cooperation in mixed symbiont populations.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:290

Enthalten in:

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 290(2023), 1990 vom: 11. Jan., Seite 20222153

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Montoya, Angeliqua P [VerfasserIn]
Wendlandt, Camille E [VerfasserIn]
Benedict, Alex B [VerfasserIn]
Roberts, Miles [VerfasserIn]
Piovia-Scott, Jonah [VerfasserIn]
Griffitts, Joel S [VerfasserIn]
Porter, Stephanie S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Host discrimination
Indirect genetic effects
Journal Article
Legume
N762921K75
Nitrogen
Partner choice
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Rhizobium
Symbiosis

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Date Completed 05.01.2023

Date Revised 04.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Dryad: 10.5061/dryad.bk3j9kdgd

figshare: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6328053

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1098/rspb.2022.2153

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351092234