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Phenotypic Plasticity and Maternal Effects

Phenotypic Plasticity and Maternal Effects. Short-term responses to changing climates?. Changing Thermal Environments. Current Climate Models Predict an Increasingly Warmer World. Organismal response to rising temperatures. Ecological Response. Shifts in Distribution. Δ Phenology.

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Phenotypic Plasticity and Maternal Effects

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  1. Phenotypic Plasticity and Maternal Effects Short-term responses to changing climates?

  2. Changing Thermal Environments Current Climate Models Predict an Increasingly Warmer World

  3. Organismal response to rising temperatures

  4. Ecological Response Shifts in Distribution Δ Phenology

  5. Evolutionary Response: Adaptation

  6. Failure to Adapt Extinction Creative Commons/Bart Heird

  7. Another response (short term) Plasticity & Maternal Effects

  8. Adaptive Plasticity in Novel Environments Reaction Norms – low cost to fitness persistence of plasticity φ Normal Range of Developmental Temperatures Novel Low Novel High “Release” of cryptic variation in novel environments. Selection on G x E.. after Ghalambor et al. 2007. Functional Ecology 21:397

  9. Acclimitization is one form of Plasticity

  10. BAH, CIB, etc. • Most tests of these hypotheses involve Developmental Plasticity • i.e., irreversible phenotypic changes induced by rearing conditions

  11. Plasticity in Reproduction • How do gravid (pregnant) females respond to warming?

  12. Reproductive Plasticity in Females

  13. Manipulation of thermal regime experienced by gravid females

  14. Developmental stage is sensitive to thermal conditions experienced by gravid females

  15. Reproductive Investment

  16. Why Females? Females can manipulate the phenotype of her offspring depending on intrinsic and extrinsic conditions Hormones (Cort, Androgens), Tb of dam

  17. How can females affect offspring phenotype? • Hormones • Offspring Provisioning • Incubation Temperatures during embryonic development • Viviparous Lizards • Maternal Tb • Oviparous Lizards • Nest Site Selection

  18. How does elevated CORT effects and costs of immune response mediate offspring quality Altered niche attributes initiate stress response Population dynamics Consequences Extended Warm Spells Rising Temperatures Altered Population Dynamics Maternal Condition Repro- Success/ Offspring Traits Decreasing rainfall Adaptive maternal effects (mainly organizational effect of hormones and immunity products) modify individual strategy and survival later on.  One outcome is the induction of offspring phenotypes to cope with novel environments. 

  19. Maternal Effects & Developmental Plasticity Stressor Could be Ta CORT Energy Stores ¥ Maternal Survival Clutch Size/Offspring Size Trade-off Dispersal Philopatry Growth Rate Offspring “Quality”

  20. Body size affected by incubation temperature

  21. Speed is sensitive to incubation temperature

  22. Hormones and Offspring Phenotype

  23. CORT treated lizards remained in shelters longer than controls

  24. Plasticity in Dorsal Pattern Zootoca (=Lacerta) vivipara

  25. Mechanism of Induction Juvenile dorsal pattern affected by: May Ta during Gestation August Ta year before pregnancy x

  26. Significance of Dorsal Pattern Behavior and performance covary with dorsal pattern Brodie 1992 Evolution

  27. Temporal variation in % reticulated morphs Frequency of Reticulate females decreased with elevation only in 2008 “Cool”Year Evidence for plasticity in morphs

  28. Maximum velocity increased with habitat openness F3,349 = 3.05, p < 0.02 Speed differed between years F3,349 = 7.82, p < 0.001 Speed differed between morphs F3,349 = 3.35, p < 0.01

  29. Number of stops increases with habitat openness Reticulate females stopped more frequently than linear females Chi-square = 5.42, P < 0.01

  30. Conclusions • Climate can induce variation in reproductive performance • Variation in conditions experienced by females can affect offspring phenotype • Whether female manipulation benefits offspring depends on conditions at hatching (birth)

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