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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 287, 期 1930, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1069
关键词
phenotypic plasticity; reaction norms; bupropion
资金
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
- Research Council of Norway through its Centres of Excellence funding scheme [223257/F50]
Expression of adaptive reaction norms of life-history traits to spatio-temporal variation in food availability is crucial for individual fitness. Yet little is known about the neural signalling mechanisms underlying these reaction norms. Previous studies suggest a role for the dopamine system in regulating behavioural and morphological responses to food across a wide range of taxa. We tested whether this neural signalling system also regulates life-history reaction norms by exposing the zooplanktonDaphnia magnato both dopamine and the dopamine reuptake inhibitor bupropion, an antidepressant that enters aquatic environments via various pathways. We recorded a range of life-history traits across two food levels. Both treatments induced changes to the life-history reaction norm slopes. These were due to the effects of the treatments being more pronounced at restricted food ration, where controls had lower somatic growth rates, higher age and larger size at maturation. This translated into a higher population growth rate (r) of dopamine and bupropion treatments when food was restricted. Our findings show that the dopamine system is an important regulatory mechanism underlying life-history trait responses to food abundance and that bupropion can strongly influence the life history of aquatic species such asD. magna. We discuss whyD. magnado not evolve towards higher endogenous dopamine levels despite the apparent fitness benefits.
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