التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Color vision evolution in egg-laying mammals: insights from visual photoreceptors and daily activities of Australian echidnas |
| المؤلفون: |
Sakamoto, Shiina, Matsushita, Yuka, Itoigawa, Akihiro, Ezawa, Takumi, Fujitani, Takeshi, Takakura, Kenichiro, Zhou, Yang, Zhang, Guojie, Grutzner, Frank, Kawamura, Shoji, Hayakawa, Takashi |
| المساهمون: |
ARC, KAKENHI, Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant, Hokkaido University Sousei Tokutei Research, JSPS Bilateral Joint Research Project |
| المصدر: |
Zoological Letters ; volume 10, issue 1 ; ISSN 2056-306X |
| بيانات النشر: |
Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
| سنة النشر: |
2024 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Animal Science and Zoology |
| الوصف: |
Egg-laying mammals (monotremes) are considered “primitive” due to traits such as oviparity, cloaca, and incomplete homeothermy, all of which they share with reptiles. Two groups of monotremes, the terrestrial echidna (Tachyglossidae) and semiaquatic platypus (Ornithorhynchidae), have evolved highly divergent characters since their emergence in the Cenozoic era. These evolutionary differences, notably including distinct electrosensory and chemosensory systems, result from adaptations to species-specific habitat conditions. To date, very few studies have examined the visual adaptation of echidna and platypus. In the present study, we show that echidna and platypus have different light absorption spectra in their dichromatic visual sensory systems at the molecular level. We analyzed absorption spectra of monotreme color opsins, long-wavelength sensitive opsin (LWS) and short-wavelength sensitive opsin 2 (SWS2). The wavelength of maximum absorbance ( λ max ) in LWS was 570.2 in short-beaked echidna ( Tachyglossus aculeatus ) and 560.6 nm in platypus ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus ); in SWS2, λ max was 451.7 and 442.6 nm, respectively. Thus, the spectral range in echidna color vision is ~ 10 nm longer overall than in platypus. Natural selection analysis showed that the molecular evolution of monotreme color opsins is generally functionally conserved, suggesting that these taxa rely on species-specific color vision. In order to understand the usage of color vision in monotremes, we made 24-h behavioral observations of captive echidnas at warm temperatures and analyzed the resultant ethograms. Echidnas showed cathemeral activity and various behavioral repertoires such as feeding, traveling, digging, and self-grooming without light/dark environment selectivity. Halting (careful) behavior is more frequent in dark conditions, which suggests that echidnas may be more dependent on vision during the day and olfaction at night. Color vision functions have contributed to dynamic adaptations and dramatic ecological changes ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s40851-023-00224-7 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s40851-023-00224-7.pdf |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s40851-023-00224-7/fulltext.html |
| الإتاحة: |
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-023-00224-7Test |
| حقوق: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.A00DA204 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |
