Quantitative genetics parameters show partial independent evolutionary potential for body mass and metabolism in stonechats from different populations

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Tieleman, B I ^a,b   Versteegh, M A ^a   Helm, B ^b   Dingemanse, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate (BMR); Bird; Body mass; Evolvability; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Stonechat

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HERITABILITY; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SONGBIRD;

AVES;

EID: 70349137039     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00597.x     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Armbruster, W.S. Schwaegerle, K.E. (1996). Causes of covariation of phenotypic traits among populations. J. Evol. Biol. 9, 261 276.
2. Brzek, P., Bielawska, K., Ksiazek, A. Konarzewski, M. (2007). Anatomic and molecular correlates of divergent selection for basal metabolic rate in laboratory mice. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 80, 491 499.
3. Crawley, M.J. (1993). GLIM for ecologists. Oxford : Blackwell Scientific Publications.
4. Daan, S., Masman, D. Groenewold, A. (1990). Avian basal metabolic rates: their association with body composition and energy expenditure in nature. Am. J. Physiol. 259, R333 R340.
5. Deerenberg, C., Overkamp, G.J.F., Visser, G.H. Daan, S. (1998). Compensation in resting metabolism for experimentally increased activity. J. Comp. Physiol. B 186, 507 512.
6. Drent, R.H. Daan, S. (1980). The prudent parent: energetic adjustments in avian breeding. Ardea 68, 225 252.
7. Falconer, D.S. Mackay, T.F.C. (1996). Introduction to quantitative genetics. New York : Longman.
8. Gilmour, A.R., Gogel, B.J., Cullis, B.R., Welham, S.J. Thompson, R. (2006). ASReml user guide. Release 1.0. Hemel Hempstead, UK : VSN International.
9. Gwinner, E., König, S. Haley, C.S. (1995). Genetic and environmental factors influencing clutch size in equatorial and temperate-zone stonechats (Saxicola torquata axillaris and S. t. rubicola): an experimental study. Auk 112, 748 755.
10. Hadfield, J.D., Nutall, A., Osorio, D. Owens, I.P.F. (2007). Testing the phenotypic gambit: phenotypic, genetic and environmental correlations of colour. J. Evol. Biol. 20, 549 557.
11. Helm, B. Gwinner, E. (1999). Timing of postjuvenal molt in African (Saxicola torquata axillaris) and European (Saxicola torquata rubicola) stonechats: effects of genetic and environmental factors. Auk 116, 589 603.
12. Houle, D. (1992). Comparing evolvability and variability of quantitative traits. Genetics 130, 195 204.
13. Johnson, M.S. Speakman, J.R. (2007). Heritability of resting metabolic rate in short-tailed field voles, Microtus agrestis. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A Mol. Integr. Physiol. 148, S21.
14. King, J.R. (1974). Seasonal allocation of time and energy resources in birds. In Avian energetics : 4 85, 1st edn. Paynter, R.A. Jr. (Ed.). Cambridge, MA : Nuttall Ornithological Club.
15. Klaassen, M. (1995). Moult and basal metabolic costs in males of two subspecies of stonechats: the European Saxicola torquata rubicula and the East African S. t. axillaris. Oecologia 104, 424 432. (Pubitemid 3006275)
16. Kruuk, L.E.B. (2004). Estimating genetic parameters in natural populations using the 'animal model'. Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. B 359, 873 890.
17. Ksiazek, A., Konarzewski, M. Lapo, I.B. (2004). Anatomic and energetic correlates of divergent selection for basal metabolic rate in laboratory mice. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 77, 890 899.
18. Lacy, R.C. Lynch, C.B. (1979). Quantitative genetic analysis of temperature regulation in Mus musculus. I. Partitioning of variance. Genetics 91, 743 753.
19. Lande, R. (1982). A quantitative genetic theory of life-history evolution. Ecology 63, 607 615.
20. Lande, R. Arnold, S.J. (1983). The measurement of selection on correlated characters. Evolution 37, 1210 1226.
21. McKechnie, A.E., Freckleton, R.P. Jetz, W. (2006). Phenotypic plasticity in the scaling of avian basal metabolic rate. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 273, 931 937.
22. McNab, B.K. (1988). Food habits and the basal rate of metabolism in birds. Oecologia 77, 343 349.
23. Nagy, K.A. (1987). Field metabolic rate and food requirement scaling in mammals and birds. Ecol. Monogr. 57, 111 128.
24. Nespolo, R.F., Bacigalupe, L.D. Bozinovic, F. (2007). Heritability of energetics in a wild mammal, the leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis darwini). Evolution 57, 1679 1688.
25. Nespolo, R.F., Bustamante, D.M., Bacigalupe, L.D. Bozinovic, F. (2005). Quantitative genetics of bioenergetics and growth-related traits in the wild mammal, Phyllotis darwini. Evolution 59, 1829 1837.
26. Pease, C.M. Bull, J.J. (1988). A critique of methods for measuring life-history trade-offs. J. Evol. Biol. 1, 293 303.
27. Rasbash, J., Steele, F., Browne, W. Prosser, B. (2005). A User's Guide to MlwiN version 2.0. Centre for Multilevel Modelling, University of Bristol, Bristol.
28. Rödl, T., Goymann, W., Schwabl, I. Gwinner, E. (2004). Excremental androgen metabolite concentrations and gonad sizes in temperate zone vs. tropical Stonechats (Saxicola torquata ssp.). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 139, 124 130.
29. Roff, D.A. (1997). Evolutionary quantitative genetics. New York : Chapman and Hall.
30. Roff, D.A. (2001). The threshold model as a general purpose normalizing transformation. Heredity 89, 404 411.
31. Rønning, B., Jensen, H., Moe, B. Bech, C. (2007). Basal metabolic rate: heritability and genetic correlations with morphological traits in the zebra finch. J. Evol. Biol. 20, 1815 1822.
32. Sadowska, E.T., Labocha, M.K., Baliga, K., Stanisz, A., Wroblewska, A.K., Jagusiak, W. Koteja, P. (2005). Genetic correlations between basal and maximum metabolic rates in a wild rodent: consequences for evolution of endothermy. Evolution 59, 672 681.
33. Shaw, R.G. (1991). The comparison of quantitative genetic-parameters between populations. Evolution 45, 143 151.
34. Speakman, J.R. (2005). Body size, energy metabolism and lifespan. J. Exp. Biol. 208, 1717 1730.
35. Speakman, J.R., Selman, C., McLaren, J.S. Harper, E.J. (2002). Living fast, dying when? The link between aging and energetics. J. Nutr. 132, 1583S 1597S.
36. Steppan, S.J., Phillips, P.C. Houle, D. (2002). Comparative quantitative genetics: evolution of the G matrix. Trends Ecol. Evol. 17, 320 327.
37. Szafranska, P.A., Zub, K. Konarzewski, M. (2007). Long-term repeatability of body mass and resting metabolic rate in free-living weasels, Mustela nivalis. Funct. Ecol. 21, 731 737.
38. Tieleman, B.I. (2007). Differences in the physiological responses to temperature among stonechats from three populations reared in a common environment. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A Mol. Integr. Physiol. 146, 194 199.
39. Tieleman, B.I., Dijkstra, T.H., Lasky, J.R., Mauck, R.A., Visser, G.H. Williams, J.B. (2006). Physiological and behavioural correlates of life-history variation: a comparison between tropical and temperate zone house wrens. Func. Ecol. 20, 491 499.
40. Tieleman, B.I., Versteegh, M.A., Fries, A., Helm, B., Dingemanse, N.J., Gibbs, H.L. Williams, J.B. (2009). Genetic modulation of energy metabolism in birds through mitochondrial function. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. Ser. B Biol. Sci. 276, 1685 1693.
41. Tieleman, B.I. Williams, J.B. (2000). The adjustment of avian metabolic rates and water fluxes to desert environments. Physiol.Biochem. Zool. 73, 461 479.
42. Tieleman, B.I., Williams, J.B. Bloomer, P. (2003). Adaptation of metabolism and evaporative water loss along an aridity gradient. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 270, 207 214.
43. Versteegh, M.A., Heim, B., Dingemanse, N.J. Tieleman, B.I. (2008). Repeatability and individual correlates of basal metabolic rate and total evaporative water loss in birds: a case study in European stonechats. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A Mol. Integr. Physiol. 150, 452 457.
44. Wiersma, P., Munoz-Garcia, A., Walker, A. Williams, J.B. (2007). Tropical birds have a slow pace of life. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104, 9340 9345.
45. Wikelski, M., Spinney, L., Schelsky, W., Scheuerlein, A. Gwinner, E. (2003). Slow pace of life in tropical sedentary birds: a common-garden experiment on four stonechat populations from different latitudes. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 270, 2383 2388.
46. Woog, F., Wink, M., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Gonzalez, J. Helm, B. (2008). Distinct taxonomic position of the Madagascar stonechat (Saxicola torquatus sibilla) revealed by nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA. J. Ornithol. 149, 423 430.
47. Zar, J.H. (1996). Biostatistical analysis, 3rd edn. Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall Inc.