PUBLICATION
Reduced physiological plasticity in a fish adapted to stable temperatures
- Authors
- Morgan, R., Andreassen, A.H., Åsheim, E.R., Finnøen, M.H., Dresler, G., Brembu, T., Loh, A., Miest, J.J., Jutfelt, F.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-220527-14
- Date
- 2022
- Source
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119: e2201919119 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- domestication, ectotherm, plasticity, temperature
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Body Temperature*
- Phenotype
- Temperature
- Thermotolerance*/genetics
- Thermotolerance*/physiology
- Zebrafish*/genetics
- Zebrafish*/physiology
- PubMed
- 35617428 Full text @ Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
Citation
Morgan, R., Andreassen, A.H., Åsheim, E.R., Finnøen, M.H., Dresler, G., Brembu, T., Loh, A., Miest, J.J., Jutfelt, F. (2022) Reduced physiological plasticity in a fish adapted to stable temperatures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119:e2201919119.
Abstract
Significance Plastic individuals can buffer environmental changes, maintaining a stable performance across gradients. Plasticity is therefore thought to be particularly beneficial for the survival of wild populations that experience large environmental fluctuations, such as diel and seasonal temperature changes. Maintaining plasticity is widely assumed to be costly; however, empirical evidence demonstrating this cost is scarce. Here, we predict that if plasticity is costly, it would be readily lost in a stable environment, such as a laboratory. To test this, we measured a diverse range of phenotypic traits, spanning gene expression, physiology, and behavior, in wild and laboratory zebrafish acclimated to 15 temperatures. We show that laboratory fish have lost plasticity in many traits, demonstrating that maintaining plasticity carries a cost.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping