Scaling of metabolism in Helix aspersa snails: changes through ontogeny and response to selection for increased size
| Autor: | Mathilde Dupont-Nivet, J. Mallard, Jan Kozłowski, Guillaume Dumiot, Marcin Czarnoleski, J. C. Bonnet |
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| Přispěvatelé: | ProdInra, Migration |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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life history
0106 biological sciences Bioenergetics Physiology Ontogeny [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] Isometric exercise bioenergetics 01 natural sciences Body Size growth efficiency Growth rate ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS 0303 health sciences Experimental evolution biology Ecology Helix (gastropod) Organ Size cell size Survival Rate [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] SNAILS food consumption GROWTH growth rate Zoology cost of growth Aquatic Science METABOLISM metabolic theory 010603 evolutionary biology 03 medical and health sciences Oxygen Consumption Quantitative Trait Heritable allometry Animals experimental evolution Selection Genetic Molecular Biology Scaling Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 030304 developmental biology Analysis of Variance Helix Snails Feeding Behavior biology.organism_classification Insect Science 3/4 power law Linear Models Animal Science and Zoology Allometry Bertalanffy's theory body size metabolism |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Experimental Biology Journal of Experimental Biology, The Company of Biologists, 2008, 211, pp.391-399 |
| ISSN: | 0022-0949 1477-9145 |
| Popis: | SUMMARY Though many are convinced otherwise, variability of the size-scaling of metabolism is widespread in nature, and the factors driving that remain unknown. Here we test a hypothesis that the increased expenditure associated with faster growth increases metabolic scaling. We compare metabolic scaling in the fast- and slow-growth phases of ontogeny of Helix aspersasnails artificially selected or not selected for increased adult size. The selected line evolved larger egg and adult sizes and a faster size-specific growth rate, without a change in the developmental rate. Both lines had comparable food consumption but the selected snails grew more efficiently and had lower metabolism early in ontogeny. Attainment of lower metabolism was accompanied by decreased shell production, indicating that the increased growth was fuelled partly at the expense of shell production. As predicted,the scaling of oxygen consumption with body mass was isometric or nearly isometric in the fast-growing (early) ontogenetic stage, and it became negatively allometric in the slow-growing (late) stage; metabolic scaling tended to be steeper in selected (fast-growing) than in control (slow-growing)snails; this difference disappeared later in ontogeny. Differences in metabolic scaling were not related to shifts in the scaling of metabolically inert shell. Our results support the view that changes in metabolic scaling through ontogeny and the variability of metabolic scaling between organisms can be affected by differential growth rates. We stress that future approaches to this phenomenon should consider the metabolic effects of cell size changes which underlie shifts in the growth pattern. |
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