宿主植物的适应驱动着生殖隔离的并行进化
Patrik Nosil1, Bernard J Crespi, Cristina P Sandoval
1Department of Biosciences, Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC, Canada, V5A 1S6. pnosila@sfu.ca
Nature
|May 25, 2002
概括
自然选择驱动并行物种化,在这种情况下,适应不同的环境反复导致繁殖隔离. 这项研究表明,行走棒昆虫的宿主植物适应促进了性隔离,证明了自然选择.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 规范研究研究 规范研究
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
背景情况:
- 平行进化,即类似的特征独立出现,表明了自然选择的作用.
- 并行物种化涉及繁殖隔离的重复进化,作为适应的副产品.
- 在生态上不同的种群往往比相似的种群表现出更大的生殖隔离.
研究的目的:
- 研究自然选择与平行物种化中的遗传漂移之间的作用.
- 为了提供自然界平行物种化的确例子.
- 为了证明宿主植物适应在早期物种化中的可重复作用.
主要方法:
- 研究了散步棒昆虫 (Timema cristinae) 种群,使用不同的宿主植物.
- 分析了身体大小,形状,宿主偏好,行为和颜色形态频率的分歧.
- 评估了宿主植物适应性隔离的贡献.
主要成果:
- 对于宿主适应的不同选择,而不是遗传漂移,推动了性隔离的并行进化.
- 使用不同宿主植物的种群在多个特征中显示出显著的分歧.
- 这代表了一个明确的,可重复的宿主植物适应促进物种化的实例.
结论:
- 宿主植物的适应是物种化的早期阶段的关键和可重复的因素.
- 自然选择,特别是宿主适应的分离选择,是并行物种化的主要驱动因素.
- 这些发现提供了强有力的证据,证明自然选择在繁殖隔离的反复进化中的作用.
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