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Phenotypic plasticity changes correlations of traits following experimental introductions of Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata).
Handelsman, Corey A; Ruell, Emily W; Torres-Dowdall, Julián; Ghalambor, Cameron K.
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  • Handelsman CA; *Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; Department of Biology, Lehrstuhl für Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie, University of Konstanz, Universitätstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany; Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Universitätstrasse 10, 78457, Konstan
  • Ruell EW; *Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; Department of Biology, Lehrstuhl für Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie, University of Konstanz, Universitätstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany; Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Universitätstrasse 10, 78457, Konstan
  • Torres-Dowdall J; *Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; Department of Biology, Lehrstuhl für Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie, University of Konstanz, Universitätstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany; Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Universitätstrasse 10, 78457, Konstan
  • Ghalambor CK; *Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; Department of Biology, Lehrstuhl für Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie, University of Konstanz, Universitätstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany; Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Universitätstrasse 10, 78457, Konstan
Integr Comp Biol ; 54(5): 794-804, 2014 Nov.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25201899
Colonization of novel environments can alter selective pressures and act as a catalyst for rapid evolution in nature. Theory and empirical studies suggest that the ability of a population to exhibit an adaptive evolutionary response to novel selection pressures should reflect the presence of sufficient additive genetic variance and covariance for individual and correlated traits. As correlated traits should not respond to selection independently, the structure of correlations of traits can bias or constrain adaptive evolution. Models of how multiple correlated traits respond to selection often assume spatial and temporal stability of trait-correlations within populations. Yet, trait-correlations can also be plastic in response to environmental variation. Phenotypic plasticity, the ability of a single genotype to produce different phenotypes across environments, is of particular interest because it can induce population-wide changes in the combination of traits exposed to selection and change the trajectory of evolutionary divergence. We tested the ability of phenotypic plasticity to modify trait-correlations by comparing phenotypic variance and covariance in the body-shapes of four experimental populations of Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata) to their ancestral population. We found that phenotypic plasticity produced both adaptive and novel aspects of body-shape, which was repeated in all four experimental populations. Further, phenotypic plasticity changed patterns of covariance among morphological characters. These findings suggest our ability to make inferences about patterns of divergence based on correlations of traits in extant populations may be limited if novel environments not only induce plasticity in multiple traits, but also change the correlations among the traits.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Fenótipo / Variação Genética / Poecilia / Meio Ambiente Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: Caribe ingles / Trinidad y tobago Idioma: En Revista: Integr Comp Biol Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Fenótipo / Variação Genética / Poecilia / Meio Ambiente Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: Caribe ingles / Trinidad y tobago Idioma: En Revista: Integr Comp Biol Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Reino Unido