在非流浪水鸟中,社会现象型的遗传性较低
Piotr Minias1, Joanna Drzewińska-Chańko1, Radosław Włodarczyk1
1Department of Biodiversity Studies and Bioeducation, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, Banacha 1/3, 90-237 Łódź, Poland.
Current zoology
|August 23, 2024
概括
鸟类的社交性,以常见天的本地筑巢密度来衡量,表现出低遗传性. 这表明,鸟类的社会行为可能比以前认为的在本地范围内受到基因的影响要小.
科学领域:
- 行为生态学 行为生态学
- 量化遗传学 量化遗传学
- 鸟类学 鸟类学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 大多数行为特征由于复杂性而表现出低的遗传性.
- 鸟类殖民地大小选择显示出强大的附加遗传影响.
- 在当地范围内,鸟类社交性的遗传性在很大程度上仍未得到量化.
研究的目的:
- 量化普通 (Sterna hirundo) 的社会表型 (局部筑巢密度) 的附加遗传变异.
- 为了评估社会行为的遗传性在一个精细的空间尺度在一个非流浪鸟.
主要方法:
- 利用动物模型和亲子回归来估计遗传性.
- 采用实验框架,使用不同尺寸的人工化基板来操纵社会环境.
- 在2011-2019年期间,收集了250多只普通的巢穴密度的社会偏好数据.
主要成果:
- 当地化密度的遗传概率估计一直很低 (<0.10).
- 在不同的模型规范和数据子集中,可遗传性估计仍然很低.
- 在动物模型和亲子回归方法之间没有发现遗传性的显著差异.
结论:
- 鸟类的社交性,在当地筑巢密度层面,似乎比在景观层面的殖民地大小选择要少得多.
- 鸟类行为特征的遗传性取决于测量的空间尺度.
- 这项研究有助于理解鸟类行为中的附加遗传变异,并突出了尺度依赖.
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