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Temperature-induced plasticity at cellular and organismal levels in the lizard Anolis carolinensis

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摘要 Among ectotherms,individuals raised in cooler temperatures often have larger body size and/or larger cell size.The current study tested whether geographic variation in cell size and plasticity for cell size exist in a terrestrial,ectothermic vertebrate,Anolis carolinensis Voigt,1832.We demonstrated temperature-induced plasticity in erythrocytes and epithelial cells of hatchlings lizards derived from the eggs of females sampled from four populations and incubated at multiple temperatures.Larger cells were produced in hatchlings from cooler treatments;however,hatchling body size was unaffected by temperature.Therefore,temperature-induced plasticity applies at the cellular,but not organismal,level in A.carolinensis.In addition,reaction norms for cell size differed among populations.There was a latitudinal trend in cell size and in plasticity of cell size among our study populations.The two southernmost populations showed plasticity in cell size,whereas the two northernmost ones did not.We suggest that selection pressure for larger cell size in northern,cooler environments has restricted plasticity in A.carolinensis applied at the cellular level in response to variable incubation environments.
出处 《Integrative Zoology》 SCIE CSCD 2010年第3期208-217,共10页 整合动物学(英文版)
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