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Reddon, AR, Chouinard-Thuly, L, Leris, I and Reader, SM (2018) Wild and laboratory exposure to cues of predation risk increases relative brain mass in male guppies. Functional Ecology, 32 (7). pp. 1847-1856. ISSN 0269-8463
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Abstract
There is considerable diversity in brain size within and among species, and substantial dispute over the causes, consequences and importance of this variation. Comparative and developmental studies are essential in addressing this controversy.
Predation pressure has been proposed as a major force shaping brain, behaviour and life history. The Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata, shows dramatic variation in predation pressure across populations. We compared the brain mass of guppies from high and low predation populations collected in the wild. Male but not female guppies exposed to high predation possessed heavier brains for their body size compared to fish from low predation populations.
The brain is a plastic organ, so it is possible that the population differences we observed were partly due to developmental responses rather than evolved differences. In a follow‐up study, we raised guppies under cues of predation risk or in a control condition. Male guppies exposed to predator cues early in life had heavier brains relative to their body size than control males, while females showed no significant effect of treatment.
Collectively our results suggest that male guppies exposed to predation invest more in neural tissue, and that these differences are at least partly driven by plastic responses.
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| Additional Information: | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Reddon, AR, Chouinard‐Thuly, L, Leris, I, Reader, SM. Wild and laboratory exposure to cues of predation risk increases relative brain mass in male guppies. Funct Ecol. 2018; 32: 1847– 1856., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13128. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 06 Biological Sciences, 05 Environmental Sciences |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology |
| Divisions: | Biological & Environmental Sciences (from Sep 19) |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
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| Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2019 09:10 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 08:42 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1111/1365-2435.13128 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/11521 |
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