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| Title |
Maternal Investment Influences Expression of Resource Polymorphism in Amphibians: Implications for the Evolution of Novel Resource-Use Phenotypes
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0009117 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ryan A. Martin, David W. Pfennig |
| Abstract |
Maternal effects--where an individual's phenotype is influenced by the phenotype or environment of its mother--are taxonomically and ecologically widespread. Yet, their role in the origin of novel, complex traits remains unclear. Here we investigate the role of maternal effects in influencing the induction of a novel resource-use phenotype. Spadefoot toad tadpoles, Spea multiplicata, often deviate from their normal development and produce a morphologically distinctive carnivore-morph phenotype, which specializes on anostracan fairy shrimp. We evaluated whether maternal investment influences expression of this novel phenotype. We found that larger females invested in larger eggs, which, in turn, produced larger tadpoles. Such larger tadpoles are better able to capture the shrimp that induce carnivores. By influencing the expression of novel resource-use phenotypes, maternal effects may play a largely underappreciated role in the origins of novelty. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 6% |
| Spain | 2 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 65 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 18 | 25% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 7% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 13% |
| Unknown | 8 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 47 | 65% |
| Environmental Science | 11 | 15% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 1% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 1% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 11 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 March 2010.
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#5,818,852
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#69,850
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Outputs of similar age
#38,835
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Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#280
of 651 outputs
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