期刊
ACTA TROPICA
卷 152, 期 -, 页码 237-244出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.09.022
关键词
Cost of plasticity; Morphometric traits; Phenotypic plasticity; Selection; Triatoma infestans
资金
- Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnica Universidad Nacional de Cordoba [05/1554]
- Agencia Nacional de Promocion de Ciencia y Tecnologica (grant PICTO-Glaxo)
- Agencia Nacional de Promocion de Ciencia y Tecnologica (grant PICT)
- CONICET (PIP)
- University of Buenos Aires
Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of a genotype to display alternative phenotypes in different environments. Understanding how plasticity evolves and the factors that favor and constrain its evolution have attracted great interest. We investigated whether selection on phenotypic plasticity and costs of plasticity affect head and wing morphology in response to host-feeding sources in the major Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans. Full-sib families were assigned to blood-feeding on either live pigeons or guinea pigs throughout their lives. We measured diet-induced phenotypic plasticity on wing and head size and shape; characterized selection on phenotypic plasticity for female and male fecundity rates, and evaluated costs of plasticity. Wing size and shape variables exhibited significant differences in phenotypic plasticity associated with host-feeding source in female and male bugs. Evidence of selection on phenotypic plasticity was detected in head size and shape for guinea pig-fed females. A lower female fecundity rate was detected in more plastic families for traits that showed selection on plasticity. These results provide insights into the morphological phenotypic plasticity of T. infestans, documenting fitness advantages of head size and shape for females fed on guinea pigs. This vector species showed measurable benefits of responding plastically to environmental variation rather than adopting a fixed development plan. The presence of cost of plasticity suggests constraints on the evolution of plasticity. Our study indicates that females fed on guinea pigs (and perhaps on other suitable mammalian hosts) have greater chances of evolving under selection on phenotypic plasticity subject to some constraints. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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