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Brandon AA, Almeida D, Powder KE. Neural crest cells as a source of microevolutionary variation. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2023; 145:42-51. [PMID: 35718684 PMCID: PMC10482117 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Vertebrates have some of the most complex and diverse features in animals, from varied craniofacial morphologies to colorful pigmentation patterns and elaborate social behaviors. All of these traits have their developmental origins in a multipotent embryonic lineage of neural crest cells. This "fourth germ layer" is a vertebrate innovation and the source of a wide range of adult cell types. While others have discussed the role of neural crest cells in human disease and animal domestication, less is known about their role in contributing to adaptive changes in wild populations. Here, we review how variation in the development of neural crest cells and their derivatives generates considerable phenotypic diversity in nature. We focus on the broad span of traits under natural and sexual selection whose variation may originate in the neural crest, with emphasis on behavioral factors such as intraspecies communication that are often overlooked. In all, we encourage the integration of evolutionary ecology with developmental biology and molecular genetics to gain a more complete understanding of the role of this single cell type in trait covariation, evolutionary trajectories, and vertebrate diversity.
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- A Allyson Brandon
- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
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Santos ME, Lopes JF, Kratochwil CF. East African cichlid fishes. EvoDevo 2023; 14:1. [PMID: 36604760 PMCID: PMC9814215 DOI: 10.1186/s13227-022-00205-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Cichlid fishes are a very diverse and species-rich family of teleost fishes that inhabit lakes and rivers of India, Africa, and South and Central America. Research has largely focused on East African cichlids of the Rift Lakes Tanganyika, Malawi, and Victoria that constitute the biodiversity hotspots of cichlid fishes. Here, we give an overview of the study system, research questions, and methodologies. Research on cichlid fishes spans many disciplines including ecology, evolution, physiology, genetics, development, and behavioral biology. In this review, we focus on a range of organismal traits, including coloration phenotypes, trophic adaptations, appendages like fins and scales, sensory systems, sex, brains, and behaviors. Moreover, we discuss studies on cichlid phylogenies, plasticity, and general evolutionary patterns, ranging from convergence to speciation rates and the proximate and ultimate mechanisms underlying these processes. From a methodological viewpoint, the last decade has brought great advances in cichlid fish research, particularly through the advent of affordable deep sequencing and advances in genetic manipulations. The ability to integrate across traits and research disciplines, ranging from developmental biology to ecology and evolution, makes cichlid fishes a fascinating research system.
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- M Emília Santos
- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Institute of Biotechnology, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Mekdara PJ, Nasimi F, Schwalbe MAB, Tytell ED. Tail Beat Synchronization during Schooling Requires a Functional Posterior Lateral Line System in Giant Danios, Devario aequipinnatus. Integr Comp Biol 2021; 61:427-441. [PMID: 33982077 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icab071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Swimming in schools has long been hypothesized to allow fish to save energy. Fish must exploit the energy from the wakes of their neighbors for maximum energy savings, a feat that requires them to both synchronize their tail movements and stay in certain positions relative to their neighbors. To maintain position in a school, we know that fish use multiple sensory systems, mainly their visual and flow sensing lateral line system. However, how fish synchronize their swimming movements in a school is still not well understood. Here, we test the hypothesis that this synchronization may depend on functional differences in the two branches of the lateral line sensory system that detects water movements close to the fish's body. The anterior branch, located on the head, encounters largely undisturbed free-stream flow, while the posterior branch, located on the trunk and tail, encounters flow that has been affected strongly by the tail movement. Thus, we hypothesize that the anterior branch may be more important for regulating position within the school, while the posterior branch may be more important for synchronizing tail movements. Our study examines functional differences in the anterior and posterior lateral line in the structure and tail synchronization of fish schools. We used a widely available aquarium fish that schools, the giant danio, Devario equipinnatus. Fish swam in a large circular tank where stereoscopic videos recordings were used to reconstruct the 3D position of each individual within the school and to track tail kinematics to quantify synchronization. For one fish in each school, we ablated using cobalt chloride either the anterior region only, the posterior region only, or the entire lateral line system. We observed that ablating any region of the lateral line system causes fish to swim in a "box" or parallel swimming formation, which was different from the diamond formation observed in normal fish. Ablating only the anterior region did not substantially reduce tail beat synchronization but ablating only the posterior region caused fish to stop synchronizing their tail beats, largely because the tail beat frequency increased dramatically. Thus, the anterior and posterior lateral line system appears to have different behavioral functions in fish. Most importantly, we showed that the posterior lateral line system played a major role in determining tail beat synchrony in schooling fish. Without synchronization, swimming efficiency decreases, which can have an impact on the fitness of the individual fish and group.
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- Prasong J Mekdara
- Department of Biology, Tufts University, 200 Boston Ave Ste 4700, Medford, MA 02155, USA.,National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Biology, Tufts University, 200 Boston Ave Ste 4700, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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- Department of Biology, Lake Forest College, 555 N Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045, USA
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- Department of Biology, Tufts University, 200 Boston Ave Ste 4700, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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Kakioka R, Kume M, Ishikawa A, Ansai S, Hosoki TK, Yamasaki YY, Nagano AJ, Toyoda A, Kitano J. Genetic basis for variation in the number of cephalic pores in a hybrid zone between closely related species of goby, Gymnogobius breunigii and Gymnogobius castaneus. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blab033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Populations or species exploiting different habitats can differ in sensory perception as a result of divergent adaptation. In bony fish, the water current is perceived via neuromasts, the end organ of the lateral line system. Although fish in different habitats are known to vary in neuromasts, we know little about the genetic basis for such variation. Here, we investigate the genetic basis for variation in supraorbital neuromasts in a hybrid zone between the Japanese gobies Gymnogobius breunigii and Gymnogobius castaneus. The former has supraorbital canal neuromasts with six cephalic pores, whereas the latter has only superficial neuromasts with no canals or pores in the supraorbital region. Our genomic analysis showed that G. breunigii and G. castaneus occur mainly in the lower and mid/upper reaches, respectively. In a river in northern Japan, hybrids were found at the sites between the habitats of the two species. These hybrids exhibited anomalies of cephalic pores. Using this hybrid zone, we conducted genome-wide association studies and identified one locus significantly associated with the number of pores. Genomic cline analysis in the hybrid zone demonstrated that this locus exhibited a higher introgression rate compared with the genomic background, indicating the possibility of adaptive introgression.
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- Ryo Kakioka
- Ecological Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Ecological Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Ecological Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
- Department of Genetics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540,Japan
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- Ecological Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Ecological Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
- Department of Genetics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540,Japan
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- Ecological Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Shiga 520-2194,Japan
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- Comparative Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540,Japan
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- Ecological Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
- Department of Genetics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540,Japan
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Stundl J, Bertucci PY, Lauri A, Arendt D, Bronner ME. Evolution of new cell types at the lateral neural border. Curr Top Dev Biol 2021; 141:173-205. [PMID: 33602488 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2020.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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During the course of evolution, animals have become increasingly complex by the addition of novel cell types and regulatory mechanisms. A prime example is represented by the lateral neural border, known as the neural plate border in vertebrates, a region of the developing ectoderm where presumptive neural and non-neural tissue meet. This region has been intensively studied as the source of two important embryonic cell types unique to vertebrates-the neural crest and the ectodermal placodes-which contribute to diverse differentiated cell types including the peripheral nervous system, pigment cells, bone, and cartilage. How did these multipotent progenitors originate in animal evolution? What triggered the elaboration of the border during the course of chordate evolution? How is the lateral neural border patterned in various bilaterians and what is its fate? Here, we review and compare the development and fate of the lateral neural border in vertebrates and invertebrates and we speculate about its evolutionary origin. Taken together, the data suggest that the lateral neural border existed in bilaterian ancestors prior to the origin of vertebrates and became a developmental source of exquisite evolutionary change that frequently enabled the acquisition of new cell types.
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- Jan Stundl
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States.
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Peixoto LAW, Pastana MNL, Ballen GA. New species of glass knifefish genus Eigenmannia (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) with comments on the morphology and function of the enlarged cephalic lateral-line canals of Sternopygidae. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2021; 98:142-153. [PMID: 32981058 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A new species of Eigenmannia is described from the Rio Paraná (the Grande, Paranapanema and Tietê basins). This new species is distinguished from all congeners by colouration pattern, position of the mouth, relative depth of posterodorsal expansion on infraorbitals 1 + 2, number of teeth, osteological features, number of rows of scales above lateral line (LL) and morphometric data. Comments on the widened cephalic lateral-line canals of Sternopygidae and a dichotomous key to the species of Eigenmannia from the Rio Paraná Basin are provided.
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- Luiz A W Peixoto
- Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Seção de peixes, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Division of Fishes, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Seção de peixes, São Paulo, Brazil
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Ahnelt H, Ramler D, Madsen MØ, Jensen LF, Windhager S. Diversity and sexual dimorphism in the head lateral line system in North Sea populations of threespine sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus (Teleostei: Gasterosteidae). ZOOMORPHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00435-020-00513-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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AbstractThe mechanosensory lateral line of fishes is a flow sensing system and supports a number of behaviors, e.g. prey detection, schooling or position holding in water currents. Differences in the neuromast pattern of this sensory system reflect adaptation to divergent ecological constraints. The threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, is known for its ecological plasticity resulting in three major ecotypes, a marine type, a migrating anadromous type and a resident freshwater type. We provide the first comparative study of the pattern of the head lateral line system of North Sea populations representing these three ecotypes including a brackish spawning population. We found no distinct difference in the pattern of the head lateral line system between the three ecotypes but significant differences in neuromast numbers. The anadromous and the brackish populations had distinctly less neuromasts than their freshwater and marine conspecifics. This difference in neuromast number between marine and anadromous threespine stickleback points to differences in swimming behavior. We also found sexual dimorphism in neuromast number with males having more neuromasts than females in the anadromous, brackish and the freshwater populations. But no such dimorphism occurred in the marine population. Our results suggest that the head lateral line of the three ecotypes is under divergent hydrodynamic constraints. Additionally, sexual dimorphism points to divergent niche partitioning of males and females in the anadromous and freshwater but not in the marine populations. Our findings imply careful sampling as an important prerequisite to discern especially between anadromous and marine threespine sticklebacks.
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Bird NC, Richardson SS, Abels JR. Histological development and integration of the Zebrafish Weberian apparatus. Dev Dyn 2020; 249:998-1017. [DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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- Nathan C. Bird
- Department of Biology, McCollum Science Hall 107; University of Northern Iowa; Cedar Falls Iowa
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- Department of Biology, McCollum Science Hall 107; University of Northern Iowa; Cedar Falls Iowa
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- Department of Biology, McCollum Science Hall 107; University of Northern Iowa; Cedar Falls Iowa
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Bird NC, Abels JR, Richardson SS. Histology and structural integration of the major morphologies of the Cypriniform Weberian apparatus. J Morphol 2019; 281:273-293. [PMID: 31886901 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The Weberian apparatus, a diagnostic feature of otophysan fishes, is a novel hearing adaptation integrating several developmental and morphological systems (ear-vertebral column-swim bladder). Otophysan fishes are one of the largest and most successful freshwater clades, with over 10,000 species across most continents. The largest otophysan order, Cypriniformes, dominates the freshwaters of Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa. Spanning such a wide variety of environments, the Weberian apparatus undergoes morphological modifications to maintain functionality. Within Cypriniformes, we propose three distinct morphological classes of the Weberian apparatus based on the level of skeletal expansion around the swim bladder: simple (typical of most Cyprinidae), anterior plate (found in families such as Gyrinocheilidae, Catostomidae, and Botiidae), and encapsulated (either single-capsule as found, e.g., in Gobionidae and Cobitidae, or double-capsule as found, e.g., in Nemacheilidae and Balitoridae). Little ontological or comparative data exists regarding the construction or integration of these different morphologies, and less is known about the tissue level integration and variation within these morphologies. We used paraffin histology to document the hard and soft tissue anatomy of the Weberian apparatus in six species representing all morphological classes. We found sites of similarity across the morphologies including size and structure of the saccule, aspects of ossicle ossification, and swim bladder tunica composition, indicating potential sites of developmental and functional constraint. In contrast, we found differences across both auditory and nonauditory features in otic chamber size, ossification within ossicles and other vertebral elements, and composition of ligaments, indicating likely sites of adaptability. Some of these changes are likely evolutionary (taxonomic), but may be influenced by the environmental niche occupied by the clade. These results show a clear need for increased ontological and comparative study of the complete cypriniform Weberian apparatus, particularly histologically, as well as increased auditory studies across morphological types.
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- Nathan C Bird
- Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
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- Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Edgley DE, Genner MJ. Adaptive Diversification of the Lateral Line System during Cichlid Fish Radiation. iScience 2019; 16:1-11. [PMID: 31146127 PMCID: PMC6542376 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The mechanosensory lateral line system is used by fishes to sense hydrodynamic stimuli in their environment. It provides information about flow regimes, proximity to substrate, and the presence and identity of prey and predators and represents a means of receiving communication signals from other fish. Thus we may expect lateral line system structures to be under strong divergent selection during adaptive radiation. Here, we used X-ray micro-computed tomography scans to quantify variation in cranial lateral line canal morphology within the adaptive radiation of Lake Malawi cichlids. We report that cranial lateral line canal morphology is strongly correlated with diet and other aspects of craniofacial morphology, including the shape of oral jaws. These results indicate an adaptive role for the lateral line system in prey detection and suggest that diversification of this system has taken an important role in the spectacular evolution of Lake Malawi's cichlid fish diversity.
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- Duncan E Edgley
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
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Prazdnikov DV, Shkil FN. Experimental evidence of the role of heterochrony in evolution of the Mesoamerican cichlids pigment patterns. Evol Dev 2018; 21:3-15. [PMID: 30239104 DOI: 10.1111/ede.12272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The Mesoamerican cichlids display a spectacular diversity of pigment patterns, which serve a variety of functions and serve as a strong selective trait for this lineage. The development and variation of coloration in the Mesoamerican cichlids have been detailed by several groups. In particular, Říčan, Musilová, Muška, and Novák () and Říčan, Piálek, Dragová, and Novák () determined homology of pattern and revealed four alternative types of coloration and their ontogeny. In this work, this group posed an "ontogenetic timing hypothesis" proposing heterochronic shifts underlying major transitions in the evolution of the Mesoamerican cichlids. Here, we experimentally test this hypothesis by experimentally altering timing of pigment pattern formation in the convict cichlid Amatitlania nigrofasciata, a member of the Mesoamerican cichlids, via manipulations of thyroid hormone (TH) function. The response of different pigment cell lineages to TH-perturbations revealed that the transition from larval to juvenile coloration in the convict cichlid is under the control of TH-signaling. Importantly, hormonally induced changes in the timing of pigment cell lineages' development resulted in shifts of coloration ontogeny type observed between lineages and led to the appearance of phenotypes mimicking those in phylogenetically close and distant species. Thus, our findings support the hypothesis that simple changes in ontogenetic timing underlies species specific patterns in pigmentation and provide new perspectives for studying the role of endocrine signaling in the evolution of cichlids.
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- Denis V Prazdnikov
- Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Mekdara PJ, Schwalbe MAB, Coughlin LL, Tytell ED. The effects of lateral line ablation and regeneration in schooling giant danios. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [PMID: 29530974 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.175166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Fish use multiple sensory systems, including vision and their lateral line system, to maintain position and speed within a school. Although previous studies have shown that ablating the lateral line alters schooling behavior, no one has examined how the behavior recovers as the sensory system regenerates. We studied how schooling behavior changes in giant danios, Devario aequipinnatus, when their lateral line system is chemically ablated and after the sensory hair cells regenerate. We found that fish could school normally immediately after chemical ablation, but that they had trouble schooling 1-2 weeks after the chemical treatment, when the hair cells had fully regenerated. We filmed groups of giant danios with two high-speed cameras and reconstructed the three-dimensional positions of each fish within a group. One fish in the school was treated with gentamycin to ablate all hair cells. Both types of neuromasts (canal and superficial) were completely ablated after treatment, but fully regenerated after 1 week. We quantified the structure of the school using nearest neighbor distance, bearing, elevation, and the cross-correlation of velocity between each pair of fish. Treated fish maintained a normal position within the school immediately after the lateral line ablation, but could not school normally 1 or 2 weeks after treatment, even though the neuromasts had fully regenerated. By 4-8 weeks post-treatment, the treated fish could again school normally. These results demonstrate that the behavioral recovery after lateral line ablation is a longer process than the regeneration of the hair cells themselves.
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- Prasong J Mekdara
- Department of Biology, Tufts University, 200 Boston Avenue, Ste 4700, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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- Department of Biology, Tufts University, 200 Boston Avenue, Ste 4700, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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- Department of Biology, Tufts University, 200 Boston Avenue, Ste 4700, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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- Department of Biology, Tufts University, 200 Boston Avenue, Ste 4700, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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Herzog H, Klein B, Ziegler A. Form and function of the teleost lateral line revealed using three-dimensional imaging and computational fluid dynamics. J R Soc Interface 2018; 14:rsif.2016.0898. [PMID: 28468922 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Fishes sense weak water motion using the lateral line. Among the thousands of described fish species, this organ may differ in size, shape and distribution of individual mechanoreceptors or lateral line canals. The reasons for this diversity remain unclear, but are very likely related to habitat preferences. To better understand the performance of the organ in natural hydrodynamic surroundings, various three-dimensional imaging datasets of the cephalic lateral line were gathered using Leuciscus idus as representative freshwater teleost. These data are employed to simulate hydrodynamic phenomena around the head and within lateral line canals. The results show that changes in canal dimensions alter the absolute stimulation amplitudes, but have little effect on the relation between bulk water flow and higher frequency signals. By contrast, depressions in the skin known as epidermal pits reduce bulk flow stimulation and increase the ratio between higher-frequency signals and the background flow stimulus.
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- Hendrik Herzog
- Institut für Zoologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Institut für Zoologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Ökologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Marranzino AN, Webb JF. Flow sensing in the deep sea: the lateral line system of stomiiform fishes. Zool J Linn Soc 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Ashley N Marranzino
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
- Associate of Ichthyology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Webb JF, Ramsay JB. New Interpretation of the 3-D Configuration of Lateral Line Scales and the Lateral Line Canal Contained within Them. COPEIA 2017. [DOI: 10.1643/cg-17-601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Butler JM, Maruska KP. The mechanosensory lateral line is used to assess opponents and mediate aggressive behaviors during territorial interactions in an African cichlid fish. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 218:3284-94. [PMID: 26491195 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.125948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Fish must integrate information from multiple sensory systems to mediate adaptive behaviors. Visual, acoustic and chemosensory cues provide contextual information during social interactions, but the role of mechanosensory signals detected by the lateral line system during aggressive behaviors is unknown. The aim of this study was first to characterize the lateral line system of the African cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni and second to determine the role of mechanoreception during agonistic interactions. The A. burtoni lateral line system is similar to that of many other cichlid fishes, containing lines of superficial neuromasts on the head, trunk and caudal fin, and narrow canals. Astatotilapia burtoni males defend their territories from other males using aggressive behaviors that we classified as non-contact or contact. By chemically and physically ablating the lateral line system prior to forced territorial interactions, we showed that the lateral line system is necessary for mutual assessment of opponents and the use of non-contact fight behaviors. Our data suggest that the lateral line system facilitates the use of non-contact assessment and fight behaviors as a protective mechanism against physical damage. In addition to a role in prey detection, the diversity of lateral line morphology in cichlids may have also enabled the expansion of their social behavioral repertoire. To our knowledge, this is the first study to implicate the lateral line system as a mode of social communication necessary for assessment during agonistic interactions.
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- Julie M Butler
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, 202 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, 202 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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Becker EA, Bird NC, Webb JF. Post-embryonic development of canal and superficial neuromasts and the generation of two cranial lateral line phenotypes. J Morphol 2016; 277:1273-91. [DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2016] [Revised: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Emily A. Becker
- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Rhode Island; 120 Flagg Road Kingston Rhode Island 02881
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- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Rhode Island; 120 Flagg Road Kingston Rhode Island 02881
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- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Rhode Island; 120 Flagg Road Kingston Rhode Island 02881
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Among teleosts, cichlids are a great model for studies of evolution, behavior, diversity and speciation. Studies of cichlid sensory systems have revealed diverse sensory capabilities that vary among species. Hence, sensory systems are important for understanding cichlid behavior from proximate and ultimate points of view. Cichlids primarily rely on five sensory channels: hearing, mechanosensation, taste, vision, and olfaction, to receive information from the environment and respond accordingly. Within these sensory channels, cichlid species exhibit different adaptations to their surrounding environment, which differ in abiotic and biotic stimuli. Research on cichlid sensory capabilities and behaviors incorporates integrative approaches and relies on diverse scientific disciplines from physics to chemistry to neurobiology to understand the evolution of the cichlid sensory systems.
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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Chang CT, Franz-Odendaal TA. Perturbing the developing skull: using laser ablation to investigate the robustness of the infraorbital bones in zebrafish (Danio rerio). BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2014; 14:44. [PMID: 25516292 PMCID: PMC4282728 DOI: 10.1186/s12861-014-0044-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The development of the craniofacial skeleton from embryonic mesenchyme is a complex process that is not yet completely understood, particularly for intramembranous bones. This study investigates the development of the neural crest derived infraorbital (IO) bones of the zebrafish (Danio rerio) skull. Located under the orbit, the IO bones ossify in a set sequence and are closely associated with the lateral line system. We conducted skeletogenic condensation and neuromast laser ablation experiments followed by shape analyses in order to investigate the relationship between a developing IO bone and the formation of the IO series as well as to investigate the highly debated inductive potential of neuromasts for IO ossification. RESULTS We demonstrate that when skeletogenic condensations recover from laser ablation, the resulting bone differs in shape compared to controls. Interestingly, neighbouring IO bones in the bone series are unaffected. In addition, we show that the amount of canal wall mineralization is significantly decreased following neuromast laser ablation at juvenile and larval stages. CONCLUSIONS These results highlight the developmental robustness of the IO bones and provide direct evidence that canal neuromasts play a role in canal wall development in the head. Furthermore, we provide evidence that the IO bones may be two distinct developmental modules. The mechanisms underlying developmental robustness are rarely investigated and are important to increase our understanding of evolutionary developmental biology of the vertebrate skull.
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- Carolyn T Chang
- Department of Biology, Saint Mary's University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3C3, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3M 2J6, Canada.
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Bird NC, Webb JF. Heterochrony, modularity, and the functional evolution of the mechanosensory lateral line canal system of fishes. EvoDevo 2014; 5:21. [PMID: 24959342 PMCID: PMC4066827 DOI: 10.1186/2041-9139-5-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background The canals of the mechanosensory lateral line system are components of the dermatocranium, and demonstrate phenotypic variation in bony fishes. Widened lateral line canals evolved convergently in a limited number of families of teleost fishes and it had been hypothesized that they evolved from narrow canals via heterochrony and explore modularity in the lateral line system. Two species of cichlids with different canal phenotypes were used to test a hypothesis of heterochrony. Histological material prepared from ontogenetic series of Aulonocara stuartgranti (widened canals) and Tramitichromis sp. (narrow canals) was analyzed using ANCOVA to determine rates of increase in canal diameter and neuromast size (length, width) and to compare the timing of onset of critical stages in canal morphogenesis (enclosure, ossification). Results A faster rate of increase in canal diameter and neuromast width (but not length), and a delay in onset of canal morphogenesis were found in Aulonocara relative to Tramitichromis. However, rates of increase in canal diameter and neuromast size among canals, among canal portions and among canals segments reveal similar trends within both species. Conclusion The evolution of widened lateral line canals is the result of dissociated heterochrony - acceleration in the rate of increase of both canal diameter and neuromast size, and delay in the onset of canal morphogenesis, in Aulonocara (widened canals) relative to Tramitichromis (narrow canals). Common rates of increase in canal diameter and neuromast size among canal portions in different dermatocranial bones and among canal segments reflect the absence of local heterochronies, and suggest modular integration among canals in each species. Thus, canal and neuromast morphology are more strongly influenced by their identities as features of the lateral line system than by the attributes of the dermatocranial bones in which the canals are found. Rate heterochrony manifested during the larval stage ensures that the widened canal phenotype, known to be associated with benthic prey detection in adult Aulonocara, is already present before feeding commences. Heterochrony can likely explain the convergent evolution of widened lateral line canals among diverse taxa. The lateral line system provides a valuable context for novel analyses of the relationship between developmental processes and the evolution of behaviorally and ecologically relevant phenotypes in fishes.
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- Nathan C Bird
- Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, 120 Flagg Road, Kingston RI 02881, USA
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- Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, 120 Flagg Road, Kingston RI 02881, USA
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