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Evolution of developmental morphology and life history.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13640621
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 生態
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

NISHIMURA Kinya  Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, 助教授 (30222186)

Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
KeywordsCannibalism / Evolutionary branching / Game / Phenotype / Natural Selection / ゲーム形 / 進化ダイナミクス / 突然変異 / 形質適応進化 / 形質分岐 / 収束安定 / 進化 / 形態 / コスト
Research Abstract

Evolutionary branching, that is coevolutionary phenomenon of development of two or more distinctive traits from a single trait in a population, is the issue of recent study of adaptive dynamics. In the previous studies, trait variance is a minimum requirement for evolutionary branching, and it did not play important role for the evolutionary pattern of branching. Here I demonstrate that trait evolution exhibits variety of evolutionary branching paths starting from an identical initial trait to different evolutional terminus traits only changing assumption of trait variance. The key property for this phenomenon is the topological configuration of equilibria and initial point in the manifold of protected dimorphism in which the dimorphism branches developing. This suggests that the existing monomorphic or polymorphic set in a population not a unique inevitable consequence from an identical initial phenotype.
I analyzed the attainable state of an evolutionary cannibalism game within a framework that reflects the minimum essence of cause-effect in the cannibalism phenomenon. No morphological specialization and no size priority of cannibalism individuals are assumed as conservative situations in which I analyze the possibility of cannibalism. Cannibalism would be possible under the conservative condition, if initially the wild population's cannibalism rate is not sufficiently lower than a threshold value. Crowding and/or low availability of alternative prey with the fear of starvation facilitates cannibalism evolution. Energy gain from conspecific prey would be attenuated by costs of counterattacks by conspecific victims and by challenge cost of its own. Discounting net intake energy required in the arms race for cannibalism challenge result in a relative disadvantage of having a high cannibalism rate and makes an evolutionary equilibrium of low cannibalism rate, even when potential profitability of conspecific prey is high.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2003 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2004 2001 Other

All Journal Article (6 results) Publications (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Variant evolutionary trees under phenotypic variance2004

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, K
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Theoretical Biology 226

      Pages: 79-87

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Evolution of cannibalism; referring to cost of cannibalism.2004

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, K.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Theoretical Biology 226

      Pages: 291-300

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Variant evolutionary trees under phenotypic variance. Journal of theoretical Biology2004

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, K. and Isoda, Y.
    • Journal Title

      226

      Pages: 79-87

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Evolution of cannibalism; referring to cost of cannibalism. Journal of theoretical2004

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, K. and Isoda, Y.
    • Journal Title

      226

      Pages: 291-300

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Coupling of two competitive systems via density dependent migration2001

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, K.
    • Journal Title

      Ecological Research 56

      Pages: 359-368

    • NAID

      10012033660

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Coupling of two competitive systems via density dependent migration. Ecological Research2001

    • Author(s)
      Nishimura, K. and Kishida, O.
    • Journal Title

      16

      Pages: 359-368

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Nishimura, K.: "Variant evolutionary trees under phenotypic variance"Journal of Theoretical Biology. 226. 79-87 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Nishimura, K.: "Evolution of cannibalism : referring to costs of cannibalism"Journal of Theoretical Biology. 226. 291-300 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Kinya Nishimura: "Coupling of two competitive systems via density dependent migration"Ecological Reserach. 16. 359-368 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report

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