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Clara Carrero C Casetta¹, Yanca A Salomoni², Nathie M Batista²

¹Laboratório de Herpetologia - Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

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概括

息地类型显著影响头蛇的皮肤水损失 (CWL). 蛇在开放息地有较低的CWL由于较高的表皮脂含量,独立于进化关系.

科学领域:

类学类学类学
生理生态生态学生理生态学
进化生物学进化生物学

背景情况:

皮肤流失 (CWL) 是蛇生存的关键因素,特别是在干旱的环境中.
之前对CWL的研究受限于使用远距离相关的物种和缺乏遗传学分析.
皮肤上脂质含量被认为是减少CWL的关键适应.

研究的目的:

调查息地树冠覆盖面对CWL在密切相关的长矛头物种 (Bothrops) 的影响.
检查CWL和表皮脂含量 (LC) 之间的相关性.
评估植物遗传学,性别和身体大小在调节CWL中的作用.

主要方法:

从八种Bothrops物种的棚皮中测量CWL和LC.
应用族群遗传学比较方法来分析CWL数据.
统计评估树冠覆盖面,鼻孔孔长度 (SVL) 和性别作为CWL的预测因素.

主要成果:

树冠覆盖面显著影响了CWL,开放息地物种的发生率低于森林息物种.
来自xeric Caatinga息地的物种显示了最低的CWL.
CWL与LC相反相关;开放息地的物种具有更高的LC.
对CWL的系遗传信号是可以忽略不计的,性别和SVL都没有影响CWL.

结论:

息地类型,特别是树冠覆盖面,是头蛇中CWL跨物种变异的主要驱动因素.
皮肤上脂质含量在调节CWL方面起着至关重要的作用,在来自开放息地的物种中含量更高.
在这个属中,CWL的遗传学约束似乎很弱,这表明适应当地环境条件更有影响.

关键词:

波特罗普斯 (Bothrops) 是一个植物.克罗塔利纳 (Crotalinae) 是一个状的体.生态生理学生态生理学蒸发是蒸发的过程.生理学生理学生理学蛇类属 (Viperidae) 是一种类动物.

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