期刊
BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
卷 99, 期 4, 页码 784-796出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01391.x
关键词
complex traits; guppy; life history; matrotrophy; placentotrophy; reproductive adaptations
资金
- University of California, Riverside Academic Senate
- NSF [DEB0416085]
Complex adaptations are often found in nature, although our ability to discern how and why such traits evolved is limited because their origin occurred in the distant past and the details of their evolution have been lost through extinction (e.g. all placental mammals inherited their placentas from a single common ancestor that lived over 100 Mya). In poeciliid fishes, placentas have evolved independently multiple times and portions of the path to the evolution of complexity can be found in living species. In the present study, we describe the life histories of six species within the genus Poecilia that includes the subgenera Micropoecilia and Acanthophacelus (the guppy; Poecilia reticulata). We demonstrate that extensive placentotrophy and superfetation, the ability to simultaneously carry more than one developing brood, have evolved within this clade. These fish represent the third clade in which we have discovered the independent origin of a placenta that also includes close relatives that lack a placenta. We discuss possible adaptive advantages of the joint evolution of extensive placentation and superfetation in these fishes. (C) 2010 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2010, 99, 784-796.
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