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Table 1 Direct and indirect tests of the ‘genetic diversity for disease resistance’ hypothesis based on the literature search terms “Polyandry” + “genetic diversity” + “disease resistance”

From: Direct evidence for increased disease resistance in polyandrous broods exists only in eusocial Hymenoptera

Author(s)

Year

Direct or Indirect

Species

Evidence for GDDRH

Shykoff and Schmid-Hempela [63]

1991

Indirect

Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Yes

Shykoff and Schmid-Hempelb [64]

1991

Indirect

Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Yes

Liersch and Schmid-Hempel [39]

1998

Indirect

Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Yes

Baer and Schmid-Hempel [5]

1999

Direct

Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Yes

Coltman et al. [13]

1999

Indirect

Soay Sheep (Ovis aries)

Yes

Meagher [42]

1999

Indirect

Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Yes

Schmid-Hempel & Crozier [59]

1999

Indirect

Phylogenetic Comparison

Mixed

Neumann and Moritz [47]

2000

Direct

Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

No

Baer and Schmid-Hempel [6]

2001

Direct

Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Yes

Baer and Schmid-Hempel [7]

2003

Direct

Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Yes

Carr et al. [11]

2003

Indirect

Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus)

Yes

Tarpy [69]

2003

Direct

Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Yes*

Hughes and Boomsma [25]

2004

Indirect

Leaf Cutter Ant (Acromyrmex echinatior)

Mixed

Puurtinen et al. [54]

2004

Indirect

Freshwater Snail (Lymnaea stagnalis)

Yes

Pearman and Garner [52]

2005

Indirect

Frog (Rana latastei)

Yes

Calleri et al. [9]

2006

Indirect

Termite (Zootermopsis angusticollis)

Yes

Hughes and Boomsma [26]

2006

Indirect

Leaf Cutter Ant (Acromyrmex echinatior)

Yes

Tarpy and Seeley [70]

2006

Direct

Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Yes

Field et al. [18]

2007

Indirect

Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris)

No

Ross-Gillepsie et al. [57]

2007

Indirect

Naked Mole Rat (Heterocephalus glaber)

Yes

Seeley and Tarpy [60]

2007

Direct

Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Yes

Altermatt and Ebert [2]

2008

Indirect

Freshwater Planktonic Crustacean (Daphnia magna)

Yes

Hughes et al. [25]

2008

Indirect

Meta analysis of eusocial Hymenoptera

Yes

Reber et al. [56]

2008

Indirect

Ant (Formica selysi)

Yes

Invernizzi et al. [29]

2009

Indirect

Honeybee (Apis mellifera

Yes

Jensen et al. [31]

2009

Indirect

Honeybees (A. mellifera, A. mellifera carnica, A. m. ligustica, and A. m. mellifera)

Yes

Lively [41]

2010

Indirect

Mathematical Model

Yes

Ugelvig et al. [73]

2010

Indirect

Ant (Cardiocondyla obscurior)

Yes

Ganz and Ebert [20]

2010

Indirect

Freshwater Planktonic Crustacean (Daphnia magna)

Yes

Allen et al. [1]

2011

Indirect

Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta)

No

Vojvodic et al. [75]

2011

Indirect

Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Yes

Whitehorn et al. [76]

2011

Indirect

Bumblebee (Bombus muscorum)

Yes

Bourgeois et al. [8]

2012

Indirect

Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Yes

Franklin et al. [19]

2012

Direct

Western Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma californicum pluviale)

No

Wilson-Rich et al. [79]

2012

Indirect

Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

No

Lee et al. [38]

2013

Indirect

Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Yes

Whitehorn et al. [77]

2014

Indirect

Bumblebees (Bombus muscorum and Bombus jonellus)

Mixed

Desai and Currie [16]

2015

Direct

Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Mixed

Simone-Finstrom et al. [66]

2016

Indirect

Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Yes

Thonhauser et al. [72]

2016

Direct

House Mouse (Mus musculus)

No

Andras [4]

2017

Indirect

Sea Fan (Gorgonia ventalaina)

Yes

Saga et al. [58]

2020

Indirect

Wasp (Vespula shidai)

Yes

  1. *Support for the hypothesis following a “bet-hedging” strategy hypothesis