Sex-specific plasticity of growth and maturation size in a spider:: implications for sexual size dimorphism

被引:43
作者
Fernandez-Montraveta, C. [1 ]
Moya-Larano, J.
机构
[1] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dpto Psicol Biol & Salud, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
[2] Estac Expt Zonas Aridas, Consejo Super Invest Cient, Almeria, Spain
关键词
developmental canalization; growth; Lycosa tarantula; phenotypic plasticity; sexual size dimorphism;
D O I
10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01399.x
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
Sex-specific plasticity in body size has been recently proposed to cause intraspecific patterns of variation in sexual size dimorphism (SSD). We reared juvenile male and female Mediterranean tarantulas (Lycosa tarantula) under two feeding regimes and monitored their growth until maturation. Selection gradients calculated across studies show how maturation size is under net stabilizing selection in females and under directional selection in males. This pattern was used to predict that body size should be more canalized in females than in males. As expected, feeding affected male but not female maturation size. The sex-specific response of maturation size was related to a dramatic divergence between subadult male and female growth pathways. These results demonstrate the existence of sex-specific canalization and resource allocation to maturation size in this species, which causes variation in SSD depending on developmental conditions consistent with the differential-plasticity hypothesis explaining Rensch's Rule.
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页码:1689 / 1699
页数:11
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