10.5061/DRYAD.KD51C5B2R
Toivonen, Jaakko
0000-0002-5444-8877
University of Helsinki
Fromhage, Lutz
0000-0001-5560-6673
University of Jyväskylä
Hybridization selects for prime-numbered life cycles in Magicicada: an
individual-based simulation model of a structured periodical cicada
population
Dryad
dataset
2020
Magicicada spp.
individual-based model
agent-based simulation
prime-numbered life cycles
Academy of Finland
https://ror.org/05k73zm37
283486
2021-04-13T00:00:00Z
2021-04-13T00:00:00Z
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We investigate competition between separate periodical cicada populations
each possessing different life cycle lengths. We build an individual-based
model to simulate the cicada life cycle and allow random migrations to
occur between patches inhabited by the different populations. We show that
if hybridization between different cycle lengths produces offspring that
have an intermediate life-cycle length, then predation acts
disproportionately to select against the hybrid offspring. This happens
because they emerge in low densities without the safety-in-numbers
provided by either parent population. Thus, prime-numbered life cycles
that can better avoid hybridization are favored. However, we find that
this advantage of prime-numbered cycles occurs only if there is some
mechanism that can occasionally synchronize emergence between local
populations in sufficiently many patches.
This data encompasses all the codes and relevant simulation data generated
for the analysis in the article "Hybridization selects for
prime-numbered life cycles in Magicicada: and individual-based simulation
model of a structured periodical cicada population". The simulations
were done using Matlab.
The .mat-files can be opened using Matlab.