繁殖策略的多个进化过渡在水生殖民地无脊椎动物的类

Heather E Grant1,2, Andrew N Ostrovsky3,4, Helen L Jenkins2,5

  • 1Centre for Evolution and Cancer, The Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton SM2 5NG, UK.

PubMed
概括

动物的家长照顾,特别是胚胎化室,在Cheilostomatida序列中至少独立进化了10次. 这种多样性很可能源于它们的模块化体型,促进了各种化策略.

相关概念视频

Speciation Rates01:07

Speciation Rates

Overview
21.2K
Energy Budgets00:51

Energy Budgets

Organisms must balance energy intake with the energy required for growth, maintenance and reproduction. These trade-offs result in a variety of survivorship and reproductive strategies, including semelparity and iteroparity. Semelparous species, like annual plants, have only one reproductive episode in their lifetimes and consequently have short lifespans. Iteroparous species, by contrast, have many reproductive events during their lifetimes but have relatively few offspring. These two...
9.3K
Life Histories01:29

Life Histories

Overview
18.0K
Hybrid Zones02:29

Hybrid Zones

Hybrid zones are narrow regions where two closely related species interact, mate, and produce hybrids. Relative to either parent species, hybrids may possess distinct phenotypic or genetic differences that impact their survival and reproductive success. The genetic variances introduced by hybridization influence species diversity and speciation processes within the hybrid zone.
17.0K
Inclusive Fitness00:57

Inclusive Fitness

Most altruistic behavior—in which one animal helps another at a cost to themselves—occurs between relatives. Scientists think these altruistic behaviors evolved because they increase the inclusive fitness of the animal providing help.
36.0K
The Evidence for Evolution02:55

The Evidence for Evolution

Genetic variations accumulating within populations over generations give rise to biological evolution. Evolutionary changes can result in the formation of novel varieties and entire new species. These changes are responsible for the diverse forms of life inhabiting the planet. The evidence for evolution suggests that all living organisms descended from common ancestors.
42.8K