Article ; Online: Adaptive cellular evolution or cellular system drift in hares.
2023 Volume 32, Issue 15, Page(s) 4093–4096
Abstract: Adaptations occur at many levels, for example, from DNA sequence of regulatory elements and cellular homeostatic systems to organismal physiology and behaviour (Mayr, 1997). Established adaptations are maintained by purifying and stabilizing selection. ... ...
Abstract | Adaptations occur at many levels, for example, from DNA sequence of regulatory elements and cellular homeostatic systems to organismal physiology and behaviour (Mayr, 1997). Established adaptations are maintained by purifying and stabilizing selection. Students of animal diversity tend to focus on higher order traits, anatomy, physiology, organismal function and interactions. The core cellular and metabolic systems of metazoans evolved early in their history and are assumed to be rather similar between groups. The housekeeping functions and core metabolic functions of cells are generally considered relatively static, especially among closely related species. The extent to which evolution shapes core cellular metabolism and physiology in animals is largely unexplored. Ecological opportunities or strong positive selection can alter basal metabolic rate, activity levels and life-history traits (e.g., life span, age of maturity, offspring number) and potentially lead to divergence in core cellular and metabolic trait systems (Norin & Metcalfe, 2019; Speakman, 2005). Furthermore, systems under stabilizing selection can also change. Developmental systems of related species may produce the same phenotype or structure, but experience drift that can alter connections and even lead to turnover of cogs in the system (True & Haag, 2001). Are the cellular functions of animals highly constrained, subject to cellular system drift or affected by positive selection? This was tackled by a new study by Kateryna Gaertner and colleagues in a From the Cover manuscript in this issue of Molecular Ecology (Gaertner et al., 2022), using fibroblasts from the closely related but ecologically distinct brown and mountain hares. |
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MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Hares ; Phenotype |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-05-31 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Journal Article ; Comment |
ZDB-ID | 1126687-9 |
ISSN | 1365-294X ; 0962-1083 |
ISSN (online) | 1365-294X |
ISSN | 0962-1083 |
DOI | 10.1111/mec.17030 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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