Responses to conspecific and heterospecific olfactory cues in the swordtailXiphophorus cortezi

McLennan, Deborah A.; Ryan, Michael J.

doi:10.1006/anbe.1997.0504

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“…[44][45][46]. The vestigial-preference hypothesis is consistent with these findings, makes novel predictions, and avoids some of the shortcomings of earlier approaches to historical influences.…”

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Vestigial preference functions in neural networks and túngara frogs.

Phelps

Ryan²,

Rand³

2001

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Although there is a growing interest in understanding how perceptual mechanisms influence behavioral evolution, few studies have addressed how perception itself is shaped by evolutionary forces. We used a combination of artificial neural network models and behavioral experiments to investigate how evolutionary history influenced the perceptual processes used in mate choice by female tú ngara frogs. We manipulated the evolutionary history of artificial neural network models and observed an emergent bias toward calls resembling known ancestral states. We then probed female tú ngara frogs for similar preferences, finding strong biases toward stimuli that resemble a call hypothesized for a recent ancestor. The data strongly suggest that female tú ngara frogs exhibit vestigial preferences for ancestral calls, and provide a general strategy for exploring the role of historical contingency in perceptual biases.

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Vestigial preference functions in neural networks and túngara frogs.

Phelps

Ryan²,

Rand³

2001

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…However, we used only adult zebrafish, having a length over 15 mm (Engeszer et al 2007) since shoaling develops when visual system is completely mature (Buske and Gerlai 2010). In addition, stimulus and subject fish were separated by a transparent barrier allowing the transmission of visual cues while attenuating any potential non-visual cues (i.e., olfactory cues) used in the conspecific identification (McLennan and Ryan 1997).…”

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Neurohypophyseal hormones manipulation modulate social and anxiety-related behavior in zebrafish

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“…In aquatic systems, chemical cues are very important due to the properties of water as a solvent and its ability to disperse these cues, while other cues (e.g., visual cues) are used in short-range communication, as vision is strongly influenced by depth, complexity and turbidity of the aquatic habitat (Douglas and Hawryshyn 1990;Ward et al 2007). Thus, in fish, communication via olfactory cues has been demonstrated to play a crucial role with respect to homing, schooling and shoaling, sibling recognition and the recognition of conspecifics and population members (Olsén 1986;Courtenay et al 1997;McLennan and Ryan 1997;Behrmann-Godel et al 2006). The ability to compensate for a restricted use of one sense, for example triggered by a limited visual environment, by the enhanced acuity in another sense (''compensatory plasticity hypothesis'': Rauschecker and Kniepert 1994), is known as ''sensory plasticity''.…”

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Habitat-dependent olfactory discrimination in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

et al. 2015

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The ability to recognize conspecifics is indispensible for differential treatment of particular individuals in social contexts like grouping behavior. The advantages of grouping are multifarious, and there exist numerous additional benefits of joining aggregations of conspecifics. Recognition is based on different signals and transmitted via multiple channels, among others the olfactory channel. The sensory system or the combination of sensory modalities used in recognition processes is highly dependent on the availability and effectiveness of modalities, which are a function of the environmental conditions. Using F1-generations of six three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations from two habitat types (tea-stained and clear-water lakes) from the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, we investigated whether individuals are able to recognize members of their own population solely based on olfactory cues and whether the habitat type an individual originated from had an influence on its recognition abilities. When given the choice (own vs. foreign population) sticklebacks from tea-stained lakes significantly preferred the odor of their own population, whereas fish from clear-water habitats did not show any preference. Moreover, fish from the two habitat types differed significantly in their recognition abilities, indicating that olfactory communication is better developed when visual signaling is disturbed. Thus, the observed odor preferences appear to be the consequence of different selective constraints and adaptations as a result of the differences in environmental conditions that have acted on the parental generations. These adaptations are likely genetically based as the differences are present in the F1-generation that had been reared under identical laboratory conditions.

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Responses to conspecific and heterospecific olfactory cues in the swordtailXiphophorus cortezi

Cited by 109 publications

References 39 publications

Vestigial preference functions in neural networks and túngara frogs.

Vestigial preference functions in neural networks and túngara frogs.

Neurohypophyseal hormones manipulation modulate social and anxiety-related behavior in zebrafish

Habitat-dependent olfactory discrimination in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

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