Canalization, developmental stability, and morphological integration in primate limbs

被引:276
作者
Hallgrímsson, B
Willmore, K
Hall, BK
机构
[1] Univ Calgary, Dept Cell Biol & Anat, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
[2] Dalhousie Univ, Dept Biol, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada
来源
YEARBOOK OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, VOL 45 | 2002年 / 45卷
关键词
variability; developmental instability; covariation; modularity; limb development; serial homology; mammals; mouse; primates;
D O I
10.1002/ajpa.10182
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
Canalization and developmental stability refer to the tendency of developmental processes to follow particular trajectories, despite external or internal perturbation. Canalization is the tendency for development of a specific genotype to follow the same trajectory under different conditions (different environments or different genetic backgrounds), while developmental stability is the tendency for the development of a specific genotype to follow the same trajectory under the same conditions. Morphological integration refers to the tendency for structures to show correlated variation because they develop in response to shared developmental processes or function in concert with other structures. All three phenomena are emergent properties of developmental systems that can affect the interaction of development and evolution. In this paper, we review the topics of canalization, developmental stability, and morphological integration and their relevance to primate and human evolution. We then test three developmentally motivated hypotheses about the patterning of variability components in the mammalian limb. We find that environmental variances and fluctuating asymmetries (FA) increase distally along the limb in adult macaques but not in fetal mice. We infer that the greater variability of more distal segments in macaques is due to postnatal mechanical effects. We also find that heritability and FA are significantly correlated when different limb measurements are compared in fetal mice. This supports the idea that the mechanisms underlying canalization and developmental stability are related. Finally, we report that the covariation structure of fore- and hindlimb skeletal elements shows evidence for morphological integration between serially homologous structures between the limbs. This is evidence for the existence of developmental modules that link structures between the limbs. Such modules would produce covariation that would need to be overcome by selection for divergence in hind- and forelimb morphology. Yrbk Phys Anthropol 45: 131-158,2002. (C) 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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页数:28
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