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A phylogenetic approach to determining the importance of constraint on phenotypic evolution in the neotropical lizard Anolis cristatellus

dc.creatorRevell, Liam Jamesspa
dc.creatorHarmon, Luke J.spa
dc.creatorLangerhans, R. Brianspa
dc.creatorKolbe, Jason J.spa
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-19T14:43:24Z
dc.date.available2020-08-19T14:43:24Z
dc.date.created2017-01-01spa
dc.date.issued2017-01-01
dc.description.abstractQuestion: Is the pattern of phenotypic divergence among populations influenced by constraint in the form of the genetic covariances among characters? Background: Quantitative genetic theory predicts that when evolutionary lineages diverge simultaneously by genetic drift, the pattern of among-population divergence will parallel the pattern of within-population genetic variation and covariation. Among-population divergence is measured by the variance–covariance matrix of population means (the D matrix), or by the variance–covariance matrix of independent contrasts (DIC). The latter avoids the assumption of simultaneous divergence by incorporating phylogenetic non-independence among lineages and was developed expressly for this study. Within-population genetic variation and covariation are measured by the additive genetic variance–covariance matrix (the G matrix). Organism: The Puerto Rican crested anole (Anolis cristatellus). Methods: We sampled A. cristatellus from seven divergent populations widely dispersed across the species’ range. These populations are sufficiently highly diverged to be considered evolutionarily independent lineages. We substituted the phenotypic variance–covariance matrix (P matrix) for G in evolutionary analysis. (Empirical studies have shown that P and G are frequently highly correlated for morphological traits.) In two populations, we estimated phenotypic variance–covariance matrices (P matrices) for 13 skeletal morphological traits, while in the remaining five we estimated mean phenotypes for the same traits. To test the hypothesis of constraint, we first calculated a pooled phenotypic variance–covariance matrix (P¯¯) from all populations. We compared P¯¯ to the variance–covariance matrix of population means (D) and of independent contrasts (DIC). Independent contrasts were calculated using a molecular phylogeny of the included lineages. Results: Comparison of P matrices between populations showed evidence that covariance structure is highly conserved in conspecific populations of A. cristatellus. Comparison of P¯¯ with D and of P¯¯ with DIC indicated significant similarity in both cases, suggesting that constraint has influenced phenotypic evolution and thus probably genotypic evolution in this species.eng
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dc.identifier.issnISSN: 1522-0613
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/27697
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.publisherEvolutionary Ecology Ltdspa
dc.relation.citationEndPage282
dc.relation.citationStartPage261
dc.relation.citationTitleEvolutionary Ecology Research
dc.relation.citationVolumeVol. 9
dc.relation.ispartofEvolutionary Ecology Research, ISSN: 1522-0613, Vol.9 ( 2007);pp. 261–282spa
dc.relation.urihttp://evolutionary-ecology.com/abstracts/v09n02/ffar2141.pdfspa
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dc.sourceEvolutionary Ecology Researchspa
dc.source.instnameinstname:Universidad del Rosario
dc.source.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUR
dc.subject.keywordEvolutionary Constraintspa
dc.subject.keywordGenetic Variance–Covariance Matrixspa
dc.subject.keywordIndependent Contrastsspa
dc.subject.keywordMatrix Comparisonspa
dc.subject.keywordPhenotypic Variance–Covariance Matrixspa
dc.subject.keywordQuantitative Genetics.spa
dc.titleA phylogenetic approach to determining the importance of constraint on phenotypic evolution in the neotropical lizard Anolis cristatellusspa
dc.title.TranslatedTitleUn enfoque filogenético para determinar la importancia de la restricción en la evolución fenotípica en el lagarto neotropical Anolis cristatellusspa
dc.typearticleeng
dc.type.hasVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.spaArtículospa
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