期刊
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
卷 37, 期 8, 页码 694-705出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.03.010
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- ERC [294494, 742808]
- European Research Council (ERC) [294494, 742808] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
This article reviews experimental evidence for strategic growth in social vertebrates and describes the conditions under which strategic growth commonly occurs, as well as potential examples of convergent evolution of strategic growth across the tree of life. This has implications for our understanding of the regulation of individual growth and size.
Individual differences in growth and size of vertebrates often represent adaptive, plastic responses to contrasts in ecological conditions. Recent studies show that vertebrates can also modify their growth and size in an adaptive fashion in response to fine-grain changes in social conditions (which we refer to as strategic growth). Here, we review experimental evidence for strategic growth in social vertebrates. We describe a set of conditions under which strategic growth commonly occurs, and highlight potential examples of convergent evolution of strategic growth across the tree of life. This synthesis has implications for the way we think about organismal growth and size, because it underscores that the size of individuals can often be fine-tuned to their social environment.
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