Maternal effects and the population dynamics of insects on plants

Hunter, Mark D.

doi:10.1046/j.1461-9563.2002.00131.x

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“…There is also growing evidence that some maternal effects are not simply the accidental transmission of environmental information from one generation to the next. Rather, type and function of maternal effects appear often to have been shaped by natural selection (Hunter 2002).…”

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Outbreeding causes developmental instability in Drosophila subobscura

Kurbalija

Stamenković‐Radak²,

Pertoldi³

et al. 2010

Evol Ecol

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A possible effect of interpopulation hybridization is either outbreeding depression, as a consequence of breakdown of coadapted gene complexes which can increase developmental instability (DI) of the traits, or increased heterozygosity, which can reduce DI. One of the principal methods commonly used to estimate DI is the variability of fluctuating asymmetry (FA). We analysed the effect of interpopulation hybridization in Drosophila subobscura through the variability in the wing size and the FA of wing length and width for both sexes in parental, F1 and F2 generations. The results of the wing size per se in intra-and interpopulation hybrids of D. subobscura do not explicitly reveal the significance of either of the two hypotheses. However, the results of the FA of the wing traits give a different insight. The FA of wing length and width generally increases in interpopulation crosses in F1 with respect to the FA in the parental generation, which suggests the possibility that outbreeding depression occurred in the first generation after the hybridization event. We generally observed that the FA values for the wing length and width of interpopulation hybrids were higher in F1 and F2 generations, compared to intrapopulation hybrids in same generations. These results suggest that the association between coadaptive genes with the same evolutionary history are the most probable mechanism that maintains the developmental homeostasis in Drosophila subobscura populations.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Outbreeding causes developmental instability in Drosophila subobscura

Kurbalija

Stamenković‐Radak²,

Pertoldi³

et al. 2010

Evol Ecol

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“…For example, plasticity in egg size is an adaptive trait in some insects. Although there is a genetic component to egg size, maternal effects may also exert an influence where, for example, females lay larger eggs when exposed to nutritionally challenging hosts, resulting in greater larval survival rates (Fox et al , 1997; Awmack & Leather, 2002; Hunter, 2002). In the present study, although variation in egg volume was observed, there appeared to be no differential allocation of resources in relation to seedling species, although this may have been influenced by the absence of the normal oviposition substrate.…”

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Reproductive maturation in the large pine weevil Hylobius abietis: the relative importance of larval and adult diet

Thorpe

Day

2007

Agri and Forest Entomology

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1 Larval and adult Hylobius abietis (L.) can feed and, in the case of the adults, cause commercially significant damage to many species of conifer. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of larval and adult feeding on different host plants on subsequent reproductive fitness. 2 Hylobius abietis larvae were reared on logs of four host species known to vary in suitability for development; Pinus nigra ssp. laricio , Picea sitchensis , Larix kaempferi and Pseudotsuga menziesii . Adult females were collected on emergence and allocated to complete maturation feeding on one of four seedling conifer species, P. nigra spp. laricio , P. sitchensis , P. menziesii and Larix × marschlinsii . It was assumed that variation in both larval and adult host plant quality had the potential to influence subsequent reproductive behaviour. 3 The time taken for females to attain reproductive maturity was assessed, and reproductive output was measured over an average period of 17 days. 4 The best predictor of the time to attain reproductive maturity was found to be the initial adult body weight. This was strongly related to the larval host species, with the largest adults emerging from P. nigra ssp. laricio. The time taken to begin oviposition was in the range 10 -49 days (mean 23 days). The subsequent mean rate of oviposition for individual females was in the range 0.1 -3.7 eggs per day. Egg volumes varied between and within individual females, in the range 0.241 -1.079 mm 3 . 5 The species of seedling provided for maturation feeding had no significant impact on reproductive behaviour over the course of the experiment. It is possible, however, that the quality of the adult diet might exert a greater influence on behaviour over a longer period because H. abietis is a relatively long-lived species.

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“…The evolution effects on offspring are tied to the induction of enzymatic activity and molecular pathways, or hormones, mRNA and proteins deposited into the zygotes of the offspring (Fox et al, 1995;Mousseau & Fox, 1998;Hunter, 2002;Ruiz-Montoya & Nunez-Farfan, 2009).…”

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Effects of maternal diet on offspring fitness in the bird cherry‐oat aphid

Liu

Ridsdill-Smith

et al. 2015

Ecological Entomology

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1. Maternal and offspring diet effects on life-history traits of the bird cherry-oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi were tested on three wheat varieties. Using nine reciprocal combinations of wheat varieties, the effects of previous experience (maternal diet effect) on the aphid's response to resistant and susceptible varieties (offspring diet effect) were tested. Batis was susceptible, and Xiaoyan22 and Ww2730 were both resistant, but with different mechanisms.2. Aphids produced the most alatae in the treatments with the most resistant maternal diet variety Xiaoyan22. The fecundity (F) and intrinsic rate of increase (r m ) of these alatae were at their greatest in the most resistant offspring diet variety, but these traits were not influenced in the apterae.3. There were significant interactions in the alatae production and apterae life-history traits, such as r m , development time, weight gain, and mean relative growth rate, between the maternal and offspring diet varieties. The interactions in apterae responses between varieties, some of which were reciprocal, indicated phenotypic plasticity in these parthenogenetic aphids.4. Rhopalosiphum padi produced more alatae on the most resistant variety; the alatae would disperse and were more fecund. The growth responses of the apterae showed phenotypic plasticity to the different combinations of maternal and offspring diet varieties. The phenotypic plasticity would allow R. padi to better utilise the variable environments represented by the small wheat plots of different varieties in China.

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Maternal effects and the population dynamics of insects on plants

Cited by 17 publications

References 123 publications

Outbreeding causes developmental instability in Drosophila subobscura

Outbreeding causes developmental instability in Drosophila subobscura

Reproductive maturation in the large pine weevil Hylobius abietis: the relative importance of larval and adult diet

Effects of maternal diet on offspring fitness in the bird cherry‐oat aphid

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