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Alternative mating tactics in brown widow spiders: mating with or without male self-sacrifice does not affect the copulatory mechanism
IF 2.8 2区 生物学
Frontiers in Zoology Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-025-00560-8
Lenka Sentenská, Dante Poy, Maydianne C. B. Andrade, Gabriele B. Uhl
{"title":"Alternative mating tactics in brown widow spiders: mating with or without male self-sacrifice does not affect the copulatory mechanism","authors":"Lenka Sentenská, Dante Poy, Maydianne C. B. Andrade, Gabriele B. Uhl","doi":"10.1186/s12983-025-00560-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-025-00560-8","url":null,"abstract":"Male self-sacrifice during mating is one of the most extreme forms of male reproductive investment. In two species of widow spiders (genus Latrodectus), males trigger sexual cannibalism by “somersaulting” into the fangs of the female after copulatory coupling is achieved. In this position, sperm are transferred with the secondary sexual organs, the transformed pedipalps of the male, while the female starts feeding on his opisthosoma. In Latrodectus hasselti and L. geometricus, matings also occur with subadult females (i.e. females in their last moulting stage) but during these “immature” matings, males do not perform the somersault. Consequently, mating positions differ dramatically between matings with adult and subadult females. Here, we investigate the copulatory mechanism of adult and immature matings in the brown widow L. geometricus by shock-freezing copulating pairs and 3D X-ray microtomography. We hypothesize differences in the copulatory mechanism and depth of insertion of the sperm transfer structures between the two mating tactics. We found that the copulatory mechanism does not differ between adult and immature mating tactics and do not depend on whether a somersault occurs. Furthermore, the somersault does not improve intromission depth of the male sperm transfer organs into the female sperm storage organs. Our results suggest that the somersault has evolved solely due to the selective advantages of sexual cannibalism. The costs and benefits of both mating tactics need to be further explored using paternity studies in order to understand their relative adaptive value.","PeriodicalId":55142,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Zoology","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143758696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Cranial morphology in flying squirrels: diet, shape, and size disparity across tropical and temperate biomes
IF 2.8 2区 生物学
Frontiers in Zoology Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-025-00556-4
Álvaro Quesada, Manuel Hernández Fernández, Iris Menéndez
{"title":"Cranial morphology in flying squirrels: diet, shape, and size disparity across tropical and temperate biomes","authors":"Álvaro Quesada, Manuel Hernández Fernández, Iris Menéndez","doi":"10.1186/s12983-025-00556-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-025-00556-4","url":null,"abstract":"Species richness increases gradually as latitude decreases, however, the explanation for this phenomenon remains unclear. Ecological hypotheses suggest that greater niche diversity in tropical biomes may facilitate the coexistence of a larger number of species. The close relationship between species morphology and ecology can lead to a greater morphological disparity in tropical biomes. In this study, we used 2D geometric morphometric techniques on the ventral view of the cranium of flying squirrels (Pteromyini, Sciuridae) to determine the relationship between diet and cranial morphology and to evaluate if morphological disparity is higher in tropical biomes. The results show that diet has a significant impact on cranial shape and size, with large, wide and robust crania in folivorous and generalist species, while frugivorous species tend towards smaller and narrower crania, and nucivorous have a wide variability. This suggests that biomes with more available dietary niches would show greater morphological disparity. However, we found no statistical differences in shape and size disparity among biomes or between observed and simulated disparity based on species richness. Our results show that there are not disparity differences between tropical and temperate biomes, even when temperate biomes are less rich than tropical ones, suggesting that the quantity of available niches may not be the key factor in generating morphological disparity. Instead, it could be the presence of extreme niches that demand specialised adaptations for exploitation, which might be of greater significance. A greater importance of size-changing adaptations would decrease shape disparity in biomes with many niches.","PeriodicalId":55142,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Zoology","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143589639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Time for a change, time to say thank you
IF 2.8 2区 生物学
Frontiers in Zoology Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-025-00558-2
Ulrich Technau
{"title":"Time for a change, time to say thank you","authors":"Ulrich Technau","doi":"10.1186/s12983-025-00558-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-025-00558-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>It is hard to imagine our journal <i>Frontiers in Zoology</i> without Jürgen Heinze, who has been the Co-Editor in Chief since 2004, when he and Diethard Tautz founded the journal as the official journal of the German Zoological Society (DZG). The goal and mission was and is to establish a leading journal in the field of Zoology and indeed since the beginning, <i>Frontiers in Zoology</i> has been mostly ranked among the top 10 journals in the category Zoology. To keep this high quality is to a large extent the merit of Jürgen Heinze. However, with his retirement, Jürgen decided to step down from his role as a Co-Editor in Chief for <i>Frontiers in Zoology</i>. Effective with January 1, 2025, he hands over the torch to Angelika Stollewerk, for many years herself a member of the Editorial Board of <i>Frontiers in Zoology.</i> Since 2014, when I took over the co-Editior in Chief position from Diethard Tautz, I have been working with Jürgen and got to know him a vigilant, careful and thoughtful Editor, who always kept an eye on the whole journal, somebody who was constantly looking after and promoting the journal. Therefore, also in the name of the board of the DZG, I would like to take this opportunity to express our enormous gratitude to Jürgen Heinze for serving as an Editor in Chief for more than 20 years.</p><p>As an Editor, one has to take many decisions about manuscripts and there is hardly any field that is more diverse than Zoology. His work as an Editor was always guided by fostering this breadth of topics in Zoology, yet foremost by applying high standards in scientific quality and ethics. He followed the same high standards in his own scientific work. Jürgen was trained as a behavioral and evolutionary entomologist at the TU Darmstadt, a topic he remained faithful to throughout his whole career. He did a postdoc with E.O Wilson, followed by a research fellow (“University assistant”) in the lab of Bert Hölldobler, two “giants” in the field of ant biology. In 1996 he became Professor at the University of Nürnberg-Erlangen and moved to a full professorship at the University of Regensburg in 2000. He has been a leader in the field of social insects, specializing on cooperation and conflict in ant populations. Besides his continuous work as Editor-in-Chief of <i>Frontiers in Zoology</i> he was active in several boards of the German Science Foundation and the “Wissenschaftsrat”, the Science Council of the German government. He is elected member of several academies, including the National German Academy of Science, Leopoldina and was awarded the Karl von Frisch Medal of the DZG. All these activities and honors reflect the deep appreciation and recognition he has received from the scientific community. We cordially thank Jürgen for his tremendous work and the service to the Science community, for being an advocate for Zoology and for developing <i>Frontiers in Zoology</i> as one of the top journals in the field of Zoology.</p><p>Angelika Stol","PeriodicalId":55142,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Zoology","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143518667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Responses to extreme drought in wintering waterbirds: a multi-species approach
IF 2.8 2区 生物学
Frontiers in Zoology Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-025-00557-3
Chenxi Wang, Shaoxia Xia, Xiubo Yu, Li Wen
{"title":"Responses to extreme drought in wintering waterbirds: a multi-species approach","authors":"Chenxi Wang, Shaoxia Xia, Xiubo Yu, Li Wen","doi":"10.1186/s12983-025-00557-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-025-00557-3","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change and anthropogenic activities are accelerating environmental changes, challenging wild animals’ survival. Behavioral plasticity, such as adjusting habitat selection and foraging activity, is a key mechanism for responding to rapid environmental changes in the Anthropocene era. However, this shift may expose animals to new challenges. Moreover, not all behavioral plasticity is adaptive, as evidenced by ecological traps. This study focuses on Poyang Lake, a Ramsar wetland and a critical wintering ground for waterbirds in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. Historically, the migratory patterns of waterbirds were synchronized with the plant life cycle. However, recent hydrological regime changes have diminished suitable habitats and food resources, thereby posing significant conservation challenges for waterbirds. Utilizing multiyear satellite tracking data, we examined the variations in wintering home range and behaviors of four herbivorous waterbird species between natural and artificial wetlands in Poyang Lake under different hydrological conditions. Our results reveal significant differences in home range area and movement speed among species and across hydrological years. All species demonstrated a marked increase in their use of artificial wetlands under unfavorable conditions. Specifically, the Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) shifted its distribution to artificial wetlands during drought years while favoring natural wetlands under normal conditions, indicating a stress-induced adaptation. In contrast, the Bean Goose (A. fabalis) and Swan Goose (A. cygnoid) displayed greater behavioral plasticity. Notably, the Siberian Crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) increasingly used artificial wetlands, likely due to human protection, raising concerns about potential ecological traps. Additionally, waterbirds foraging in artificial wetlands generally exhibited higher movement speeds during drought conditions. This behavior suggests maladaptation and a more dispersed distribution. Our study underscored the critical role of artificial wetlands in supporting migratory waterbirds during drought, though elevated movement speeds observed in these habitats suggest potential maladaptation. Species-specific responses raise concerns about ecological traps if these habitats fail to meet key ecological needs. To ensure long-term conservation, efforts should focus on preserving natural wetlands and enhancing the quality of artificial habitats. Future research should prioritize long-term monitoring to guide habitat management and address species-specific needs in the face of climate change and habitat degradation. ","PeriodicalId":55142,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Zoology","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143375170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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AmelOBP4: an antenna-specific odor-binding protein gene required for olfactory behavior in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) AmelOBP4:蜜蜂(Apis mellifera)嗅觉行为所需的触角特异性气味结合蛋白基因
IF 2.8 2区 生物学
Frontiers in Zoology Pub Date : 2025-01-14 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-024-00554-y
Fang Liu, Yu Lai, Lixian Wu, Qiang Li, Linyue Lei, Wei Yin, Yuan Zhang, Zachary Y. Huang, Hongxia Zhao
{"title":"AmelOBP4: an antenna-specific odor-binding protein gene required for olfactory behavior in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)","authors":"Fang Liu, Yu Lai, Lixian Wu, Qiang Li, Linyue Lei, Wei Yin, Yuan Zhang, Zachary Y. Huang, Hongxia Zhao","doi":"10.1186/s12983-024-00554-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-024-00554-y","url":null,"abstract":"Odorant binding proteins (OBPs) initiate the process of odorant perception. Numerous investigations have demonstrated that OBPs bind a broad variety of chemicals and are more likely to carry pheromones or odor molecules with high binding affinities. However, few studies have investigated its effects on insect behavior. Previously, we found that AmelOBP4 has a significantly higher expression in the heads of foragers than that of nurses regardless of their ages, revealing its importance in foraging behaviour of the honey bee. RNA interference (RNAi) is the induction of sequence specific gene silencing by double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), it is a powerful tool that makes gene inactivation possible in organisms that were not amenable to genetic analysis before. In this study, we found that AmelOBP4 had high expression levels in the antennae of both nurses and foragers, and could be successfully inhibited by feeding double stranded RNA of AmelOBP4 (dsAmelOBP4). Foragers with inhibited AmelOBP4 showed significantly lower sugar responsiveness than control bees, and also significantly reduced EAG response to plant volatiles of nonanal, linalool and 1-Octen-3ol. On the other hand, nurses with inhibited AmelOBP4 showed significantly reduced EAG response to brood pheromone of ethyl oleate, methyl linoleate, methyl palmitate and β-ocimene. Finally, the Y-tube choice assay showed nurses only exhibited a significantly reduced preference to ethyl oleate, but foragers exhibited significantly reduced preference to all these three plant volatiles. The findings of our study suggested that AmelOBP4 plays an important role in the odorant binding process, especially in modulating olfactory behaviour in workers. Our results provide a foundation for exploring the olfactory mechanism of Apis mellifera.","PeriodicalId":55142,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Zoology","volume":"83 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142974594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Fast, bioluminescent blinks attract group members of the nocturnal flashlight fish Anomalops katoptron (Bleeker, 1856) 快速、生物发光的眨眼吸引了夜间闪光鱼Anomalops katoptron的群体成员(Bleeker, 1856)。
IF 2.8 2区 生物学
Frontiers in Zoology Pub Date : 2025-01-13 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-024-00555-x
Peter Jägers, Stefan Herlitze
{"title":"Fast, bioluminescent blinks attract group members of the nocturnal flashlight fish Anomalops katoptron (Bleeker, 1856)","authors":"Peter Jägers, Stefan Herlitze","doi":"10.1186/s12983-024-00555-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-024-00555-x","url":null,"abstract":"During their nighttime shoaling, the flashlight fish Anomalops katoptron produce fascinating, bioluminescent blink patterns, which have been related to the localization of food, determination of nearest neighbor distance, and initiation of the shoal’s movement direction. Information transfer e.g., via alarm signals is an important aspect in group living species especially when being under threat. In dark environments, bioluminescence has the potential to accurately transfer such information. Under threat A. katoptron show increased swimming speeds and a higher group cohesion accompanied by fast blink frequencies. In this study we used a two-choice paradigm to test the preferences for typical blink characteristics e.g., frequency and duration. Our data show that individuals decided within short periods (< 4 s) for faster blink frequencies of artificial light organs and the preference for the higher blink frequencies became more pronounced as the difference between the presented frequencies increased. The preference correlated with the frequency rather than the duration. Our study suggests that fast, bioluminescent blinks of light organs lead to aggregations of A. katoptron.","PeriodicalId":55142,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Zoology","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142968274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Trophic niche adaptation of mountain frogs around the Sichuan Basin: individual specialization and response to climate variations 四川盆地山蛙营养生态位适应:个体特化及对气候变化的响应
IF 2.8 2区 生物学
Frontiers in Zoology Pub Date : 2024-12-19 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-024-00553-z
Kaiyue Cui, Shengnan Yang, Junhua Hu
{"title":"Trophic niche adaptation of mountain frogs around the Sichuan Basin: individual specialization and response to climate variations","authors":"Kaiyue Cui, Shengnan Yang, Junhua Hu","doi":"10.1186/s12983-024-00553-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-024-00553-z","url":null,"abstract":"Climatic and geographic variations have profound effects on the resource utilization of individuals and populations. Evaluating resource use in different environments is crucial for understanding species ecological adaptation strategies and promoting biodiversity conservation. Stable isotopes are widely used to assess trophic niches, providing quantitative indicators of ecological interactions between organisms and resource use in ecosystems. This study assesses the trophic niche traits of spiny-bellied frogs (Quasipaa boulengeri) in the marginal mountains of the Sichuan Basin in southwestern China using stable isotopes. Trophic niche variation under different time periods and environmental conditions is explored. The spiny-bellied frogs experienced a significant reduction in trophic niche width during the past breeding season. The populations in the northwestern Sichuan Basin had a greater trophic niche width than the southeastern populations, and their δ15N values showed a positive correlation with temperature seasonality and a negative correlation with annual precipitation. Despite differences between the northwestern and southeastern populations, there was a consistent trend of increased individual specialization with latitude in both the northwestern and southeastern regions. Ontogenetic niche shifts and differences in trophic niche traits between the northwestern and southeastern populations indicate diverse adaptation strategies in mountain frogs. The findings underscore the impact of geographical and climate variations on the resource utilization of amphibians. In addition, patterns of individual specialization highlight the significance of considering intra- and interpopulational changes when studying ecological adaptation.","PeriodicalId":55142,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Zoology","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142849140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Exploring mitogenomic data to enhance the understanding of Seirinae (Collembola: Entomobryidae) evolution, distribution and taxonomy 探索有丝分裂基因组数据,提高对虫蛉亚科进化、分布和分类的认识
IF 2.8 2区 生物学
Frontiers in Zoology Pub Date : 2024-12-04 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-024-00549-9
Bruno Cavalcante Bellini, Nikolas Gioia Cipola, Sopark Jantarit, Nathália Michelly da Cunha Santos, Areeruk Nilsai, Hsin-Ju Cheng, Nerivânia Nunes Godeiro
{"title":"Exploring mitogenomic data to enhance the understanding of Seirinae (Collembola: Entomobryidae) evolution, distribution and taxonomy","authors":"Bruno Cavalcante Bellini, Nikolas Gioia Cipola, Sopark Jantarit, Nathália Michelly da Cunha Santos, Areeruk Nilsai, Hsin-Ju Cheng, Nerivânia Nunes Godeiro","doi":"10.1186/s12983-024-00549-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-024-00549-9","url":null,"abstract":"The subfamily Seirinae (Collembola: Entomobryidae) is among the most diverse suprageneric taxa of epedaphic springtails and is particularly abundant and species-rich in tropical and subtropical regions. Numerous studies have investigated its internal and external phylogenetic relationships, enhancing our understanding on Seirinae systematics. Recent taxonomic efforts have also advanced our knowledge on the subfamily morphology and diversity. In this study, we reevaluate the phylogeny of Seirinae using the mitogenomes of 26 samples from different continents, aiming to discuss recent findings regarding the group systematics, to identify cases of alien species introduced in China and Thailand, and propose new synonyms for Seira spp. Additionally, we describe a new species from Thailand and provide a redescription of Seira brasiliana (Arlé) based on the study of Brazilian and Chinese specimens. Through these efforts, we provide further ground for understanding the evolution, systematics, distribution and taxonomy of the group, contributing to future studies on Seirinae and Entomobryidae.","PeriodicalId":55142,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Zoology","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142763218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Variations in HBA gene contribute to high-altitude hypoxia adaptation via affected O2 transfer in Tibetan sheep HBA基因的变异通过影响藏绵羊的氧气转移,促进了其对高海拔缺氧的适应性
IF 2.8 2区 生物学
Frontiers in Zoology Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-024-00551-1
Pengfei Zhao, Xiong Ma, Jianming Ren, Lan Zhang, Yunxin Min, Chunyang Li, Yaoyao Lu, Ying Ma, Mingjie Hou, Hui Jia
{"title":"Variations in HBA gene contribute to high-altitude hypoxia adaptation via affected O2 transfer in Tibetan sheep","authors":"Pengfei Zhao, Xiong Ma, Jianming Ren, Lan Zhang, Yunxin Min, Chunyang Li, Yaoyao Lu, Ying Ma, Mingjie Hou, Hui Jia","doi":"10.1186/s12983-024-00551-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-024-00551-1","url":null,"abstract":"Tibetan sheep are indigenous to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Owing to the harsh hypoxic environment in this plateau, the hemoglobin (Hb) protein in Tibetan sheep has undergone adaptive changes over time. Hb is primarily responsible for transporting O2 and CO2 between the lungs and other tissues of the body. The α subunit of Hb, encoded by the HBA gene, is a crucial component of the protein. However, whether variations in the HBA gene sequence affect the adaptation of Tibetan sheep to high-altitude hypoxia remains unclear. In this study, we sequenced the HBA gene and identified three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). These SNPs were genotyped in Tibetan and Hu sheep using Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR (KASP). The results showed that the frequencies of the AT genotype and H1H2 haplotype were higher in Tibetan sheep than in Hu sheep. Individuals with the AT genotype exhibited higher P50 levels, whereas those with the H1H2 haplotype exhibited lower PO2 and SaO2 levels. The higher P50 levels indicated that O2 was more readily released from oxygenated Hb into the tissues, with the lower PO2 and SaO2 levels facilitating this process. These findings indicate that variations in the HBA gene sequence contribute to enhancing O2 transfer efficiency in Tibetan sheep.","PeriodicalId":55142,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Zoology","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142684288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Phylogenetic reconstruction of Tuberolachnini and Lachninae (Insecta, Hemiptera): Morphological and molecular analyses revealed a new tribe. Tuberolachnini 和 Lachninae(昆虫纲,半翅目)的系统发育重建:形态学和分子分析揭示了一个新的部落。
IF 2.6 2区 生物学
Frontiers in Zoology Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-024-00550-2
Mariusz Kanturski, Yerim Lee, Hyojoong Kim
{"title":"Phylogenetic reconstruction of Tuberolachnini and Lachninae (Insecta, Hemiptera): Morphological and molecular analyses revealed a new tribe.","authors":"Mariusz Kanturski, Yerim Lee, Hyojoong Kim","doi":"10.1186/s12983-024-00550-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12983-024-00550-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Lachninae (Insecta: Aphididae) represent a fascinating group of aphids that are traditionally divided into five tribes. Among these, members of the tribe Tuberolachnini exhibit remarkable morphological and biological diversity. One genus of this group, Miyalachnus, known from Japan, is characterized by unique features. Our study aimed to re-examine the tribal classification within Lachninae, with a focus on the diverse Tuberolachnini and the previously understudied genera Miyalachnus and Sinolachnus.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We conducted a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis using four genes (COI, COII, CytB, and EF1α), employing both maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) methods on a combined dataset. Our findings challenge the monophyly of Tuberolachnini. The analyses revealed that Miyalachnus and Sinolachnus are phylogenetically distinct from the core Tuberolachnini genera (Nippolachnus, Pyrolachnus, and Tuberolachnus), instead showing a closer relationship with Tramini. Specifically, the Miyalachnus clade forms a sister clade to the clade containing Sinolachnus and Tramini.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>On the basis of these molecular results, corroborated by morphological evidence, we propose to erect a new tribe within the Lachninae-Miyalachnini trib. nov. with Miyalachnus as the type genus. We also provide updated taxonomic diagnoses for the remaining tribes and discuss their relationships as well as distinguishing features.</p>","PeriodicalId":55142,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Zoology","volume":"21 1","pages":"29"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11575128/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142669732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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