Rapid mosaic brain evolution under artificial selection for relative telencephalon size in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

Sammanfattning

The mosaic brain evolution hypothesis, stating that brain regions can evolve relatively independently during cognitive evolution, is an important idea to understand how brains evolve with potential implications even for human brain evolution. Here, we provide the first experimental evidence for this hypothesis through an artificial selection experiment in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). After four generations of selection on relative telencephalon volume (relative to brain size), we found substantial changes in telencephalon size but no changes in other regions. Further comparisons revealed that up-selected lines had larger telencephalon, while down-selected lines had smaller telencephalon than wild Trinidadian populations. Our results support that independent evolutionary changes in specific brain regions through mosaic brain evolution can be important facilitators of cognitive evolution.

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Science Advances
2021, volym: 7, nummer: 46, artikelnummer: eabj4314
Utgivare: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE

SLU författare

• Rogell, Björn

  • Institutionen för akvatiska resurser (SLU Aqua), Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Stockholms Universitet

UKÄ forskningsämne

Evolutionsbiologi

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj4314

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