ONTOGENIC LOSS OF PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY OF AGE AT METAMORPHOSIS IN TADPOLES

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作者
HENSLEY, FR [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV FLORIDA,DEPT ZOOL,GAINESVILLE,FL 32611
关键词
AMPHIBIA; ANURA; COMPLEX LIFE CYCLE; DEVELOPMENTAL CONSTRAINT; LARVAL ECOLOGY; METAMORPHOSIS; OPTIMAL BODY SIZE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PSEUDACRIS-CRUCIFER; WILBUR-COLLINS MODEL;
D O I
10.2307/1939591
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
Amphibian larvae exhibit phenotypic plasticity in size at metamorphosis and duration of the larval period. I used Pseudacris crucifer tadpoles to test two models for predicting tadpole age and size at metamorphosis under changing environmental conditions. The Wilbur-Collins model states that metamorphosis is initiated as a function of a tadpole's size and relative growth rate, and predicts that changes in growth rate throughout the larval period affect age and size at metamorphosis. An alternative model, the fixed-rate model, states that age at metamorphosis is fixed early in larval life, and subsequent changes in growth rate will have no effect on the length of the larval period. My results confirm that food supplies affect both age and size at metamorphosis, but developmental rates became fixed at approximately Gosner (1960) stages 3 5-37. Neither model completely predicted these results. I suggest that the generally accepted Wilbur-Collins model is improved by incorporating a point of fixed developmental timing. Growth trajectories predicted from this modified model fit the results of this study better than trajectories based on either of the original models. The results of this study suggest a constraint that limits the simultaneous optimization of age and size at metamorphosis.
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