Article ; Online: Elevation and blood traits in the mesquite lizard: Are patterns repeatable between mountains?
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology
2022 Volume 276, Page(s) 111338
Abstract: Ecogeographical patterns describe predictable variation in phenotypic traits between ecological communities. For example, high-altitude animals are expected to show elevated hematological values as an adaptation to the lower oxygen pressure. Mountains ... ...
| Abstract | Ecogeographical patterns describe predictable variation in phenotypic traits between ecological communities. For example, high-altitude animals are expected to show elevated hematological values as an adaptation to the lower oxygen pressure. Mountains act like ecological islands and therefore are considered natural laboratories. However, the majority of ecophysiological studies on blood traits lack replication that would allow us to infer if the pattern reported is a local event or whether it is a widespread pattern resulting from larger-scale ecological processes. In lizards, in fact, the increase of hematological values at high altitudes has received mixed support. Here, for the first time, we compare blood traits in lizards along elevational gradients with replication. We tested the repeatability of blood traits in mesquite lizards between different elevations in three different mountains from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. We measured hematocrit, hemoglobin concentration, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, and erythrocyte size in blood samples of low, medium, and high-elevation lizards. We obtained similar elevational patterns between mountains, but the blood traits differed among mountains. Middle-altitude populations had greater oxygen-carrying capacity than lizards from low and high altitudes. The differences found between mountain systems could be the result of phenotypic plasticity or genetic differentiation as a consequence of abiotic factors not considered. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Prosopis ; Lizards/physiology ; Altitude ; Hematocrit ; Oxygen | |||||
| Chemical Substances | Oxygen (S88TT14065) | |||||
| Language | English | |||||
| Publishing date | 2022-11-04 | |||||
| Publishing country | United States | |||||
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | |||||
| ZDB-ID | 121246-1 | |||||
| ISSN | 1531-4332 ; 0300-9629 ; 1095-6433 | |||||
| ISSN (online) | 1531-4332 | |||||
| ISSN | 0300-9629 ; 1095-6433 | |||||
| DOI | 10.1016/j.cbpa.2022.111338 | |||||
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