期刊
EVOLUTION
卷 67, 期 7, 页码 1975-1993出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12059
关键词
Carnivore; durophagy; evolutionary convergence; morphometrics; phenotype
资金
- Fulbright Postdoctoral Grant [FU2009-0184]
In this article, we investigate convergent evolution toward durophagy in carnivoran skull shape using geometric morphometrics in a sample of living and extinct species. Principal components analysis indicate that, in spite of the different dietary resources consumed by durophagesthat is, bone-crackers and bamboo-feedersboth groups of carnivorans share portions of skull phenotypic spaces. We identify by discriminant analyses a shared set of adaptations toward durophagy in the skull of carnivores. However, ancestral states indicate that although durophages reached similar phenotypes, the evolutionary pathways that they followed are different depending upon the family to which they belong. Furthermore, while the carnivoran cranium more closely reflects the nature of the resources consumedthat is, soft or hard and tough itemsthe mandible shows particular feeding adaptationsthat is, bamboo or bone. This finding supports the interpretation that the mandible has more evolutionary plasticity than the cranium, which is more limited to evolve toward a particular feeding adaptation. However, we find that the shapes of the cranium and the mandible are highly integrated for the whole order Carnivora. Published studies of teratological cats and dogs indicate that the role of internal constraints in shaping this pattern of integration is absent or weak and malleable by selection.
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