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中国科学院昆明动物研究所 中国动物学会
动物学研究

中国科学院昆明动物研究所 中国动物学会

姚永刚

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动物学研究/Journal Zoological ResearchCSCD北大核心CSTPCDSCI
查看更多>>本刊创刊于1980年。是中国科学院昆明动物研究所主办的向国内外公开发行的学报级学术性期刊。以报道我国动物学领域的新成果、新进展为已任。在《中文核心期刊要目总览》中多次被列为动物学类核心期刊。本刊辟有研究论文、综述、简报、通讯、书评等栏目，主要刊登动物学领域各分支学科有创新性的基础和应用基础研究报告；结合本人研究工作，反映国际最新研究水平的综述；研究简报、快报；新书评介等。近年发表论文中，动物生态医学、进化生物学分别占30%以上。本刊读者对象为科研机构、大专院校从事动物学研究、教学以及资源环境保护与管理的有关人员；也可为从事生命科学、医学、农林牧渔等方面的科研、教学和生产管理人员提供参考资料。
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    The first cavefish in the Dinaric Karst?Cave colonization made possible by phenotypic plasticity in Telestes karsticus

    Mateo ?upi?Zoran Mar?i?Marko Luki?Romana Gra?an...
    821-833页
    查看更多>>摘要：Cave animals are an excellent model system for studying adaptive evolution.At present,however,little is known about the mechanisms that enable surface colonizers to survive in the challenging environment of caves.One possibility is that these species have the necessary genetic background to respond with plastic changes to the pressures of underground habitats.To gain insight into this process,we conducted a comparative study with the fish species Telestes karsticus,which occurs in a hydrological system consisting of an interconnected stream and a cave.Results showed that T.karsticus resided year-round and spawned in Susik cave,making it the first known cavefish in the Dinaric Karst.Cave and surface populations differed in morphological and physiological characteristics,as well as in patterns of gene expression without any evidence of genetic divergence.To test whether observed trait differences were plastic or genetic,we placed adult fish from both populations under light/dark or constant dark conditions.Common laboratory conditions erased all morphometric differences between the two morphs,suggesting phenotypic plasticity is driving the divergence of shape and size in wild fish.Lighter pigmentation and increased fat deposition exhibited by cave individuals were also observed in surface fish kept in the dark in the laboratory.Our study also revealed that specialized cave traits were not solely attributed to developmental plasticity,but also arose from adult responses,including acclimatization.Thus,we conclude that T.karsticus can adapt to cave conditions,with phenotypic plasticity playing an important role in the process of cave colonization.
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    Cavefish as biological models in the laboratory and in the wild

    William R.JefferyLi MaYa-hui Zhao
    834-836页
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