范围的扩大可以促进塑料一般主义在粗粒地景观的演变
Caitlin M Miller1, Jeremy A Draghi1
1Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States.
Evolution letters
|March 25, 2024
概括
粗粒度的环境可以在范围扩张期间促进表型可塑性的演变. 这是因为专家被阻止分散,允许复杂的适应性,使通用主义进化.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 理论生物学的理论生物学.
背景情况:
- 现型可塑性允许生物通过采用通用主义策略来适应环境变化.
- 塑性进化可能受到成本和复杂性的限制,需要多个突变.
- 理论表明,细粒度的环境异质性有利于更广泛的利基和可塑性.
研究的目的:
- 为了测试这种预测,即经验越多的异质性有利于更广泛的利基市场的演变.
- 调查景观谷物和范围扩张在表型可塑性演变中的作用.
主要方法:
- 基于代理的建模被用来模拟进化过程.
- 模拟探索了不同景观结构 (细粒度与粗粒度) 和人口动态 (范围扩张) 的影响.
主要成果:
- 与经典预测相反,粗粒地景观对塑性进化最有利,但仅在范围扩张期间.
- 粗粒地景观中的范围扩张选择了可塑性进化的中间步骤,通过阻碍专家分散.
- 这为新的突变提供了生态机会,从而导致利基变化的适应.
结论:
- 空间结构的景观和范围的扩张相互作用,形成进化轨迹.
- 复杂的适应的进化,如可塑性,可能会受到不同于适应赋予最高适应性条件的条件的支持.
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