Offspring Dependency is not reflected in the Social Immunity of three burying beetle species

Offspring Dependency is not reflected in the Social Immunity of three burying beetle species Dataset DOI: 10.5061/dryad.bzkh189qp Description of the data and file structure Offspring Dependency is not reflected in the Social Immunity of three burying beetle species This data set includes a .csv-file (data_species_comparison.csv) that contains all necessary data to repeat the analysis as well as a an R-markdown file (Offspring_dependency_data_analysis.Rmd) that runs the code with which we analysed the data. Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32 arch x86_64 os mingw32 crt ucrt system x86_64, mingw32 version.string R version 4.5.1 (2025-06-13 ucrt) data_species_comparison.csv ID = sample id oral_exudate_1/_2 = volume of oral exudates extracted from beetle anal_exudate_1/_2 = volume of anal exudates extracted from beetle sex = sex of beetle oral_exudate_vol = Complete volume of oral exudates extracted from beetle anal_exudate_vol = Complete volume of anal exudates extracted from beetle VmaxPO_1/_2/_3 = Vmax of phenoloxidase activity of haemolymph samples from beetles Vmax_OE_1/_2/_3 = Vmax of lytic activity of oral exudate samples from beetles Vmax_AE_1/_2/_3/_4/_5 = Vmax of lytic activity of anal exudate samples from beetles species = species of beetle treatment = treatment beetle was subjected to weight = weight of beetle carcass_weight = Weight of carcass beetles were supplied with larvae_number = total number of larvae beetles produced during the breeding treatment beetle_size = prootum width of beetle species_label = latin species name of each beetle species (used for plots) ordered_species = latin species name of each beetle species in a distinct order (used for plots) treatment_label = treatment label (used for plots) ordered_treatment = treatment label in a distinct order (used for plots) mean_PO = Mean value of VmaxPO_1/_2/_3 mean_OE = Mean value of VmaxOE_1/_2/_3 mean_AE = Mean value of VmaxAE_1/_2/_3/_4/_5 Offspring_dependency_data_analysis.Rmd RMarkdown script that includes all necessary lines of code to re-create our analysis, as well as the plots used in our manuscript. At the beginning, the necessary R-packages will be installed by the first code chunk. Data will then be loaded from the corresponding .csv file.