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Article: Improved heat tolerance in air drives the recurrent evolution of air-breathing
Title | Improved heat tolerance in air drives the recurrent evolution of air-breathing |
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Keywords | Heat tolerance Air-breathing evolution Terrestrial colonization Oxygen limitation |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Citation | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2014, v. 281, n. 1782 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The transition to air-breathing by formerly aquatic species has occurred repeatedly and independently in fish, crabs and other animal phyla, but the proximate drivers of this key innovation remain a long-standing puzzle in evolutionary biology. Most studies attribute the onset of air-breathing to the repeated occurrence of aquatic hypoxia; however, this hypothesis leaves the current geographical distribution of the 300 genera of air-breathing crabs unexplained. Here, we show that their occurrence is mainly related to high environmental temperatures in the tropics. We also demonstrate in an amphibious crab that the reduced cost of oxygen supply in air extends aerobic performance to higher temperatures and thus widens the animal's thermal niche. These findings suggest that high water temperature as a driver consistently explains the numerous times air-breathing has evolved. The data also indicate a central role for oxygenand capacity-limited thermal tolerance not only in shaping sensitivity to current climate change but also in underpinning the climate-dependent evolution of animals, in this case the evolution of air-breathing. © 2014 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/219743 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.692 |
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dc.contributor.author | Giomi, Folco | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fusi, Marco | - |
dc.contributor.author | Barausse, Alberto | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mostert, Bruce | - |
dc.contributor.author | Pörtner, Hans Otto | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cannicci, Stefano | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-23T02:57:51Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-09-23T02:57:51Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2014, v. 281, n. 1782 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0962-8452 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/219743 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The transition to air-breathing by formerly aquatic species has occurred repeatedly and independently in fish, crabs and other animal phyla, but the proximate drivers of this key innovation remain a long-standing puzzle in evolutionary biology. Most studies attribute the onset of air-breathing to the repeated occurrence of aquatic hypoxia; however, this hypothesis leaves the current geographical distribution of the 300 genera of air-breathing crabs unexplained. Here, we show that their occurrence is mainly related to high environmental temperatures in the tropics. We also demonstrate in an amphibious crab that the reduced cost of oxygen supply in air extends aerobic performance to higher temperatures and thus widens the animal's thermal niche. These findings suggest that high water temperature as a driver consistently explains the numerous times air-breathing has evolved. The data also indicate a central role for oxygenand capacity-limited thermal tolerance not only in shaping sensitivity to current climate change but also in underpinning the climate-dependent evolution of animals, in this case the evolution of air-breathing. © 2014 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | - |
dc.subject | Heat tolerance | - |
dc.subject | Air-breathing evolution | - |
dc.subject | Terrestrial colonization | - |
dc.subject | Oxygen limitation | - |
dc.title | Improved heat tolerance in air drives the recurrent evolution of air-breathing | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1098/rspb.2013.2927 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 24619438 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84896896468 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 281 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1782 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1471-2954 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000334410100007 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0962-8452 | - |