Empirical evidence for fast temperature-dependent body size evolution in rotifers

2017
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dc.abstract.enOrganisms tend to decrease in size with increasing temperature by phenotypic plasticity (the temperature-size rule; ectotherms) and/or genetically (Bergmann’s rule; all organisms). In this study, the evolutionary response of body size to temperature was examined in the cyclically parthenogenetic rotifer Brachionus plicatilis. Our aim was to investigate whether this species, already known to decrease in size with increasing temperature by phenotypic plasticity, presents a similar pattern at the genetic level. We exposed a multiclonal mixture of B. plicatilis to experimental evolution at low and high temperature and monitored body size weekly. Within a month, we observed a smaller size at higher temperature, as compared to body size at lower temperature. The pattern was consistent for the size of both mature females and eggs; rotifers kept at high temperature evolved to be on average 14% (after 2 weeks) and 3% (after 3 weeks) smaller than the ones kept at low temperature (10 and 5% in the case of eggs, respectively). We therefore found that B. plicatilis is genetically programmed to adjust its body size-to-environmental temperature.pl
dc.affiliationWydział Biologii i Nauk o Ziemi : Instytut Nauk o Środowiskupl
dc.contributor.authorWalczyńska, Aleksandra - 147484 pl
dc.contributor.authorFranch-Gras, Lluispl
dc.contributor.authorSerra, Manuelpl
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-20T11:34:41Z
dc.date.available2017-06-20T11:34:41Z
dc.date.issued2017pl
dc.date.openaccess0
dc.description.accesstimew momencie opublikowania
dc.description.additionalBibliogr. s. 198-200pl
dc.description.number1pl
dc.description.physical191-200pl
dc.description.versionostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume796pl
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10750-017-3206-3pl
dc.identifier.eissn1573-5117pl
dc.identifier.issn0018-8158pl
dc.identifier.projectROD UJ / Ppl
dc.identifier.urihttp://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/41648
dc.languageengpl
dc.language.containerengpl
dc.rightsUdzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa*
dc.rights.licenceCC-BY
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl*
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dc.subject.enBergmann’s rulepl
dc.subject.enbody sizepl
dc.subject.enBrachionus plicatilispl
dc.subject.enexperimental evolutionpl
dc.subject.entemperature-size rulepl
dc.subtypeArticlepl
dc.titleEmpirical evidence for fast temperature-dependent body size evolution in rotiferspl
dc.title.journalHydrobiologiapl
dc.title.volumeEvolving rotifers, evolving sciencepl
dc.typeJournalArticlepl
dspace.entity.typePublication
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