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 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.