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Phenotypic plasticity in sex pheromone production in Bicyclus anynana butterflies
Phenotypic plasticity refers to the environmental control of phenotypes. Cues experienced during development (developmental plasticity) or during adulthood (acclimatization) can both affect adult phenotypes. Phenotypic plasticity has been described in many traits but examples of developmental plasti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5155268/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27966579 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep39002 |
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author | Dion, Emilie Monteiro, Antónia Yew, Joanne Y. |
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description | Phenotypic plasticity refers to the environmental control of phenotypes. Cues experienced during development (developmental plasticity) or during adulthood (acclimatization) can both affect adult phenotypes. Phenotypic plasticity has been described in many traits but examples of developmental plasticity in physiological traits, in particular, remain scarce. We examined developmental plasticity and acclimatization in pheromone production in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana in response to rearing temperature. B. anynana lives in the African tropics where warm rearing temperatures of the wet season produce active males that court and females that choose, whereas cooler temperatures of the dry season lead to choosy less active males and courting females. We hypothesized that if male pheromone production is costly, it should be reduced in the dry season form. After describing the ultrastructure of pheromone producing cells, we showed that dry season males produced significantly less sex pheromones than wet season males, partly due to acclimatization and partly due to developmental plasticity. Variation in levels of one of the compounds is associated with differential regulation of a pheromone biosynthetic enzyme gene. This plasticity might be an adaptation to minimize pheromone production costs during the stressful dry season. |
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spelling | pubmed-51552682016-12-28 Phenotypic plasticity in sex pheromone production in Bicyclus anynana butterflies Dion, Emilie Monteiro, Antónia Yew, Joanne Y. Sci Rep Article Phenotypic plasticity refers to the environmental control of phenotypes. Cues experienced during development (developmental plasticity) or during adulthood (acclimatization) can both affect adult phenotypes. Phenotypic plasticity has been described in many traits but examples of developmental plasticity in physiological traits, in particular, remain scarce. We examined developmental plasticity and acclimatization in pheromone production in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana in response to rearing temperature. B. anynana lives in the African tropics where warm rearing temperatures of the wet season produce active males that court and females that choose, whereas cooler temperatures of the dry season lead to choosy less active males and courting females. We hypothesized that if male pheromone production is costly, it should be reduced in the dry season form. After describing the ultrastructure of pheromone producing cells, we showed that dry season males produced significantly less sex pheromones than wet season males, partly due to acclimatization and partly due to developmental plasticity. Variation in levels of one of the compounds is associated with differential regulation of a pheromone biosynthetic enzyme gene. This plasticity might be an adaptation to minimize pheromone production costs during the stressful dry season. Nature Publishing Group 2016-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5155268/ /pubmed/27966579 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep39002 Text en Copyright © 2016, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Dion, Emilie Monteiro, Antónia Yew, Joanne Y. Phenotypic plasticity in sex pheromone production in Bicyclus anynana butterflies |
title | Phenotypic plasticity in sex pheromone production in Bicyclus anynana butterflies |
title_full | Phenotypic plasticity in sex pheromone production in Bicyclus anynana butterflies |
title_fullStr | Phenotypic plasticity in sex pheromone production in Bicyclus anynana butterflies |
title_full_unstemmed | Phenotypic plasticity in sex pheromone production in Bicyclus anynana butterflies |
title_short | Phenotypic plasticity in sex pheromone production in Bicyclus anynana butterflies |
title_sort | phenotypic plasticity in sex pheromone production in bicyclus anynana butterflies |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5155268/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27966579 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep39002 |
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