| Title: | Contribution of genetic versus plastic responses to adaptive patterns in a widespread butterfly along a latitudinal cline |
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| Authors: | ID Günter, Franziska (Author)
ID Beaulieu, Michaël (Author)
ID Freiberg, Kasimir F. (Author)
ID Welzel, Ines (Author)
ID Toshkova, Nia (Author)
ID Žagar, Anamarija (Author)
ID Simčič, Tatjana (Author)
ID Fischer, Klaus (Author) |
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| Files: |  URL - Similar work, visit https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13623
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 2.20 - Complete scientific database of research data |
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| Organization: |  NIB - National Institute of Biology
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| Abstract: | Understanding how organisms adapt to complex environments is a central goal of evolutionary biology and ecology. This issue is of special interest in the current era of rapidly changing climatic conditions. Here, we investigate clinal variation and plastic responses in life history, morphology, and physiology in the butterfly Pieris napi along a pan-European gradient by exposing butterflies raised in captivity to different temperatures. We found clinal variation in body size, growth rates and concomitant development time, wing aspect ratio, wing melanisation, and heat tolerance. Individuals from warmer environments were more heat-tolerant, had less melanised wings and a shorter development but still they were larger than individuals from cooler environments. These findings suggest selection for rapid growth in the warmth and for wing melanisation in the cold, and thus fine-tuned genetic adaptation to local climates. Irrespective of the origin of butterflies, the effects of higher developmental temperature were largely as expected, speeding up development, reducing body size, potential metabolic activity, and wing melanisation, while increasing heat tolerance. At least in part, these patterns likely reflect adaptive phenotypic plasticity. In summary, our study revealed pronounced plastic and genetic responses, which may indicate high adaptive capacities in our study organism. Whether this may help such species though to deal with current climate change needs further investigation, as clinal patterns have typically evolved over long periods. |
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| Keywords: | butterflies, morphology, physiology, genetics, climate change, data |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Place of publishing: | Durham |
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| Place of performance: | Durham |
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| Publisher: | Dryad |
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| Year of publishing: | 2020 |
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| Year of performance: | 2020 |
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| Number of pages: | 1 spletni vir |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-23945  |
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| UDC: | 591 |
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| DOI: | 10.5061/dryad.h9w0vt4dw |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 245671427 |
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| Note: | Nasl. z. nasl. zaslona;
Opis vira z dne 14. 8. 2025;
Soavtorji: Beaulieu, Michaël; Freiberg, Kasimir; Welzel, Ines; Toshkova, Nia; Žagar, Anamarija; Simčič, Tatjana; Fischer, Klaus;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 27.10.2025 |
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