膜的外观不是哺乳动物化的相关因子
Kai R Caspar1,2,3, Lisa Hüttner4, Sabine Begall4
1Institute of Cell Biology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. kai.caspar@hhu.de.
Zoological letters
|May 29, 2023
概括
人类明亮的眼睛不是化的结果. 一项比较养和野生哺乳动物的研究没有发现结膜色素的显著差异,这表明这种特征与养无关.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 动物颜色动物的颜色.
背景情况:
- 人类眼睛具有明亮的膜和透明的结膜,与非人类灵长类动物中常见的黑眼表型不同.
- 自我化被认为是人类和一些灵长类动物眼睛明亮的原因,但这在养的哺乳动物中缺乏系统的证据.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查结膜色素在养和野生哺乳动物之间是否有所不同.
- 为了确定色素脱落的结膜是否是化综合征的一致特征.
主要方法:
- 用摄影数据集进行了基因组学知情的比较.
- 分析了13种养哺乳动物及其最接近的野生亲属 (≥15张照片每种类型).
主要成果:
- 在养哺乳动物和野生哺乳动物之间,没有发现膜外观或虹膜-膜对比度的显著差异.
- 在食肉动物和形动物中观察到结膜脱色,不管它们的养状况如何,而类动物通常眼睛较暗.
- 初步证据表明,在哺乳动物中,较大的眼睛尺寸和增加的结膜色素之间存在相关性.
结论:
- 结膜色素丧失不是化的一般相关物,与皮肤色素变化不同.
- 根据这种比较分析,人类明亮的眼睛不太可能是自我化的副产品.
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