bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 16, 2021
Abstract
Early
and
late
life
environments
can
interact
in
complex
ways
to
influence
the
fitness
of
individuals.
Most
studies
investigating
effects
environment
on
focus
experienced
traits
expressed
at
a
single
point
an
organism’s
life.
However,
vary
with
time,
thus
organisms
experience
different
ages
may
affect
how
change
throughout
Here,
we
test
whether
thermal
stress
during
development
leads
individuals
cope
better
as
adults.
We
manipulated
temperature
both
adulthood
measured
range
life-history
traits,
including
senescence,
male
female
seed
beetles,
Callosobruchus
maculatus
.
found
that
favourable
developmental
conditions
increased
reproductive
performance
females
(i.e.
silver-spoon
effects).
In
contrast,
non-reproductive
such
lifespan
survival
senescence
were
only
affected
by
adult
environments-
high
temperatures
decreased
longevity
survival.
Additionally,
interacted
age-dependent
changes
weight.
Overall,
our
results
show
early
be
sex-
trait-
specific,
full
understanding
ageing
requires
integrated
study
stages
ontogeny.
Frontiers in Plant Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15
Published: July 3, 2024
Sour
rot
(SR)
is
one
of
the
major
diseases
affecting
grapevine
berries,
causing
severe
yield
losses
and
deterioration
wine
quality.
SR
caused
by
an
etiologic
complex
microorganisms,
including
yeasts,
bacteria,
filamentous
fungi.
This
systematic
review
focuses
on
etiology,
epidemiology,
control
SR.
A
total
74
papers
published
between
1986
2023
were
assessed
in
this
review.
Description
disease
symptoms
was
quite
consistent
across
papers,
oxidation
grape
skin,
disaggregation
internal
tissues,
detachment
rotten
berries
from
pedicel.
The
affected
bunches
are
characterized
smell
acetic
acid
ethyl
acetate
that
attracts
fruit
flies
(
Drosophila
spp.).
However,
several
knowledge
gaps
and/or
inconsistencies
identified
with
respect
to
control.
Overall,
146
microorganisms
isolated
(44.5%
34.3%
21.2%
fungi);
however,
selected
could
not
definitively
clarify
which
species
primarily
involved
etiology
disease.
general
inconsistency
also
observed
methods
used
assess
incidence
severity
vineyards,
making
inter-study
comparisons
extremely
challenging.
Inconsistencies
found
for
pathogenicity
assessment
artificial
inoculation
studies.
Furthermore,
detected
terms
a
focus
environmental
conditions
development.
management
options
limited,
efficacy
trials
often
result
poor,
variable,
inconsistent
levels
control,
might
be
attributed
lack
epidemiology.
These
analyzed
inform
future
research
activities.
Evolution,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
76(8), P. 1868 - 1882
Published: July 12, 2022
Developmental
and
adult
environments
can
interact
in
complex
ways
to
influence
the
fitness
of
individuals.
Most
studies
investigating
effects
environment
on
focus
experienced
traits
expressed
at
a
single
point
an
organism's
life.
However,
vary
with
time,
so
that
organisms
experience
different
ages
may
affect
how
change
throughout
Here,
we
test
whether
thermal
stress
during
development
leads
individuals
cope
better
as
adults.
We
manipulated
temperature
both
adulthood
measured
range
life-history
traits,
including
senescence,
male
female
seed
beetles
(Callosobruchus
maculatus).
found
reduced
reproductive
performance
females.
In
contrast,
life
span
age-dependent
mortality
were
affected
more
by
than
developmental
environments,
high
temperatures
decreasing
longevity
increasing
mortality.
Aside
from
interaction
between
changes
weight,
did
not
find
any
evidence
beneficial
acclimation
response
stress.
Overall,
our
results
show
be
sex
trait
specific,
full
understanding
ageing
requires
integrated
study
conditions
stages
ontogeny.
Ecology and Evolution,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
11(1), P. 443 - 457
Published: Nov. 24, 2020
Abstract
Environments
experienced
during
development
have
long‐lasting
consequences
for
adult
performance
and
fitness.
The
“environmental
matching”
hypothesis
predicts
that
individuals
perform
best
when
developmental
environments
match
whereas
the
“silver
spoon”
expects
fitness
is
higher
in
developed
under
favorable
regardless
of
environments.
Temperature
nutrition
are
two
most
influential
determinants
environmental
quality,
but
it
remains
to
be
elucidated
which
these
hypotheses
better
explains
long‐term
effects
thermal
nutritional
histories
on
traits.
Here
we
compared
how
temperature
larval
environment
would
affect
survivorship
reproductive
success
fruit
fly,
Drosophila
melanogaster
.
aspect
focused
this
study
was
dietary
protein‐to‐carbohydrate
(P:C)
ratio.
impact
low
improve
survivorship.
High
P:C
diet
had
a
negative
effect
ingested
stage,
positive
development.
No
matter
whether
matched
or
not,
females
raised
warm
protein‐enriched
produced
more
eggs
than
those
cool
protein‐limiting
environments,
suggesting
presence
significant
silver
spoon
nutrition.
egg
production
weak
persisted
across
early
stage
initially
strong
diminished
rapidly
after
day
5
posteclosion.
Egg
strongly
influenced
by
ratio
diet,
indicating
contributing
mainly
reproduction
shifted
from
diet.
Our
results
highlight
importance
shaping
organismal
also
demonstrate
aspects
differ
fundamentally
their
nature,
strength,
persistence.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
378(1883)
Published: June 26, 2023
In
many
species,
individuals
that
experience
harsh
conditions
during
development
have
poor
health
and
fitness
outcomes
in
adulthood,
compared
with
peers
do
not.
These
early-life
contributions
to
inequality
are
often
attributed
two
classes
of
evolutionary
hypotheses:
Developmental
Constraints
(DC)
models,
which
focus
on
the
deleterious
effects
low-quality
environments,
Predictive
Adaptive
Response
(PAR)
hypotheses,
emphasize
costs
incur
when
they
make
incorrect
predictions
about
adulthood.
Testing
these
hypotheses
empirically
is
difficult
for
conceptual
analytical
reasons.
Here,
we
help
resolve
some
difficulties
by
providing
mathematical
definitions
DC,
PAR
(particularly
focusing
'external'
PAR)
related
concepts.
We
propose
a
novel,
quadratic
regression-based
statistical
test
derived
from
definitions.
Our
simulations
show
this
approach
markedly
improves
ability
discriminate
between
DC
relative
status
quo
approach,
uses
interaction
effects.
Simulated
data
indicate
conflates
while
regression
yields
high
sensitivity
specificity
detecting
PAR.
results
highlight
value
linking
verbal
visual
models
formal
treatment
understanding
developmental
origins
inequitable
adult
outcomes.
This
article
part
theme
issue
'Evolutionary
ecology
inequality'.
Royal Society Open Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Diet
elicits
varied
effects
on
longevity
across
a
wide
range
of
animal
species
where
dietary
discordance
between
an
organisms'
evolutionary
and
developmental
history
is
increasingly
recognized
to
play
critical
role
in
shaping
lifespan.
However,
whether
such
changes,
predominantly
assessed
single
generation,
lead
shifts
lifespan
remains
unclear.
In
this
study,
we
used
experimental
evolution
approach
test
changes
history,
specifically
carbohydrate
content,
causes
Drosophila
serrata
.
After
30
generations,
investigated
the
potential
response
four
novel
diets
that
systematically
their
ratio
carbohydrate–protein
content.
We
also
examined
plasticity
using
set
control
populations
were
raised
environments
allowing
us
assess
extent
which
plastic
responses
mirrored
adaptive
observed
following
evolution.
Both
high-
low-carbohydrate
elicited
lifespan;
however,
for
bore
little
resemblance
evolved
diets.
Understanding
conditions
regulating
match/mismatch
will
be
important
determining
particular
combination
While
differences
diet
by
interactions
are
only
beginning
elucidated,
study
lays
foundation
future
investigations
contributions
health
Evolution Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
9(1), P. 150 - 162
Published: Nov. 11, 2024
Shared
developmental,
physiological,
and
molecular
mechanisms
can
generate
strong
genetic
covariances
across
suites
of
traits,
constraining
variability,
evolvability
to
certain
axes
in
multivariate
trait
space
("variational
modules"
or
"syndromes").
Such
will
not
only
respond
jointly
selection;
they
also
covary
populations
that
diverged
from
one
another
by
drift.
We
report
evidence
for
such
a
genetically
correlated
suite
links
traits
related
energy
metabolism
along
"power-endurance"
axis
Drosophila
melanogaster.
The
"power"
pole
the
is
characterized
high
potential
generation
expenditure-high
expression
glycolysis
TCA
cycle
genes,
abundance
mitochondria,
spontaneous
locomotor
activity.
opposite
"endurance"
triglyceride
(fat)
reserves,
endurance,
starvation
resistance
(and
low
values
associated
with
pole).
This
aligns
first
principal
component
metabolome;
direction
levels
trehalose
(blood
sugar)
some
amino
acids
their
derivatives,
including
creatine,
compound
known
facilitate
production
muscles.
Our
comes
six
replicate
"Selected"
adapted
nutrient-poor
larval
diet
regime
during
250
generations
experimental
evolution
"Control"
evolved
parallel
on
standard
regime.
found
that,
within
each
these
evolutionary
regimes,
above
strongly
covaried
this
which
diversified
drift,
indicating
shared
architecture.
two
regimes
drove
divergence
axis,
Selected
average
displaced
towards
compared
Controls.
Aspects
resemble
"pace
life"
syndrome
"thrifty
phenotype";
it
may
have
as
part
coordinated
organismal
response
nutritional
conditions.
Ecology Letters,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
24(7), P. 1328 - 1340
Published: April 26, 2021
Abstract
The
lifetime
reproductive
success
(LRS)
of
individuals
is
affected
by
random
events
such
as
death,
realized
growth
or
reproduction,
and
the
outcomes
these
can
differ
even
when
have
identical
probabilities.
Another
source
randomness
arises
probabilities
also
change
over
time
in
variable
environments.
For
structured
populations
stochastic
environments,
we
extend
our
recent
method
to
determine
how
birth
environment
stage
distribution
LRS.
Our
results
provide
a
null
model
that
quantifies
effects
on
LRS
just
size
stage.
Using
Roe
deer
Capreolus
capreolus
case
study,
show
effect
an
individual's
varies
with
frequency
environments
their
temporal
autocorrelation,
performance
changes
pattern
environmental
states
expected
result
climate
change.
Biology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
12(4), P. 554 - 554
Published: April 5, 2023
The
thermal
history
of
arthropod
predators
and
their
prey
may
affect
reproductive
performance
during
heat
waves.
Thus,
a
matching
juvenile
adult
environment
should
be
beneficial
as
it
enables
the
individuals
to
acclimate
extreme
conditions.
Prey
fecundity,
however,
is
also
affected
by
second
stressor,
namely
predation
risk.
Here,
we
assessed
impact
mild
waves
on
output
acclimated
(juvenile
wave
conditions
are
matching)
non-acclimated
females
biocontrol
agent
Phytoseiulus
persimilis,
predatory
mite,
its
herbivorous
prey,
two-spotted
spider
mite
Tetranychus
urticae,
bean
leaves.
Their
escape
oviposition
rates
egg
sizes
were
recorded
over
10
days.
Additionally,
ovipositing
exposed
predator
cues
Acclimation
changed
both
species,
whereas
fecundity
was
only
influenced
via
increased
numbers
under
reduced
rates,
which
higher
for
predator.
Pooled
acclimation,
species
deposited
more
but
smaller
eggs
dampened
this
effect
in
eggs,
acclimation
resulted
female
larger
male
eggs.
Predator
oviposition,
small
compared
large
increase
gained
We
argue
that
success
controlling
mites
mainly
depends
fates
escaping
predators.
A
permanent
absence
result
numerical
dominance
prey.