基因表达与时间亲属识别有关.
Ahva L Potticary1, Elizabeth C McKinney1, Patricia J Moore1
1Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Royal Society open science
|August 25, 2023
概括
父母的照顾包括避免杀害婴儿. 这项研究发现,参与养的基因外卖与Nicrophorus orbicollis甲虫的时代亲属识别有关,这表明被选中的养机制促进了父母关怀的演变.
科学领域:
- 行为生态学 行为生态学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
背景情况:
- 父母的照顾至关重要,但许多物种在转向照顾之前表现出婴儿杀戮.
- 临时亲属识别,即个人根据时间识别亲属,是一种广泛的策略,但其进化起源尚不清楚.
- 现有机制的选择,如调节养的机制,可能会促进时间亲属识别的演变.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究基因外置在Nicrophorus orbicollis的时间亲属识别中的作用.
- 为了确定外卖是否影响从杀婴到父母照顾的过渡.
主要方法:
- 检查了尼克罗福拉斯 (Nicrophorus orbicollis) 甲虫的外卖基因表达.
- 与养行为和父母的照顾决定相关联的外卖表达 (婴儿杀戮与后代照顾).
主要成果:
- 外卖表达与饥饿驱动的养变化或一般的父母照顾过渡无关.
- 照顾后代的甲虫表现出明显更高的外卖表达,与那些犯下婴儿杀戮的甲虫相比.
结论:
- 基因外置在Nicrophorus orbicollis. 的时间亲属识别中发挥着作用.
- 这些发现支持这样一个假设,即时间亲属识别是通过调节养行为的基因的合作选择而演变的.
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