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Rensch’s rule and sexual dimorphism in salamanders: patterns and potential processes
Colleoni, E.; Denoël, Mathieu; Padoa-Schioppa, E. et al.
2014In Journal of Zoology, 293 (3), p. 143-151
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Keywords :
Rensch's Rule; SSD; Body size; Evolution; Salamandridae; Newt; Salamander; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection; phylogenetic major axis regression; Sexual size dimorphism; Caudal vertebrae; Allometry; Newts; Salamanders; Calotriton arnoldi; Calotriton asper; Chioglossa lusitanica; Cynops ensicauda; Cynops fudigensis; Cynops pyrrhogaster; Euproctus montanus; Euproctus platycephalus; Ichthyosaura alpestris; Laotriton laoensis; Lissotriton boscai; Lissotriton helveticus; Lissotriton italicus; Lissotriton montandoni; Lissotriton vulgaris; Lyciasalamandra fazilae; Mertensiella caucasica; Neurergus crocatus; Neurergus kaiseri; Neurergus strauchii; Notophthalmus perstriatus; Notophthalmus viridescens; Ommatotriton ophryticus; Ommatotriton vittatus; Pachytriton archospotus; Pachytriton brevipes; Pachytriton granulosus; Pachytriton labiatus; Paramesotriton chinensis; Paramesotriton ermizhaoi; Paramesotriton hongkongensis; Paramesotriton longliensis; Paramesotriton yunwuensis; Pleurodeles nebulosus; Pleurodeles poireti; Pleurodeles waltl; Salamandra algira; Salamandra atra; Salamandra corsica; Salamandra infraimmaculata; Salamandra lanzai; Salamandra salamandra; Salamandrina perspicillata; Taricha granulosa; Triturus carnifex; Triturus cristatus; Triturus dobrogicus; Triturus karelinii; Triturus macedonicus; Triturus marmoratus; Triturus pygmaeus; Tylototriton verrucosus
Abstract :
[en] Body size is influenced by the interaction of multiple forces, whose effects can determine the occurrence of sexual size dimorphism (SSD). Rensch's rule is the increase of SSD with body size in taxa where males are the largest sex, and the opposite pattern in female-biased SSD taxa. This pattern was detected in many animal groups, but contrasting results were also highlighted. This study evaluated the existence of Rensch's patterns for body size and for the number of caudal vertebrae in salamandrid caudate amphibians. Furthermore, we tested the support of alternative hypotheses on processes that may determine allometric patterns: sexual selection, fecundity selection and constraining selection by performing separate analyses on species with male- and female-biased SSD. We used the literature and original data to gather information on body size and number of caudal vertebrae in 52 species of salamandrids over four continents. We then tested the support of the three hypotheses using a phylogenetic approach. Rensch's rule was valid for body size in salamanders only for species with male-biased dimorphism. No allometric relationships were detected by analyses on all the species, or by analyses on female-biased SSD species. Analyses performed on the number of caudal vertebrae showed no significant patterns. Our study supports the role of sexual selection in promoting positive allometry for body size in male-biased SSD species, whereas the alternative hypotheses were not supported by our data. These results highlight the importance of distinguishing male- and female-biased species as different evolutionary pressures and constraints may be at the basis of evolution of SSD in these groups.
Research Center/Unit :
AFFISH-RC - Applied and Fundamental FISH Research Center - ULiège
Disciplines :
Zoology
Author, co-author :
Colleoni, E.;  Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Denoël, Mathieu  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Biologie du comportement - Ethologie et psychologie animale
Padoa-Schioppa, E.;  Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Scali, S.;  Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano, Italy
Ficetola, G.F.
Language :
English
Title :
Rensch’s rule and sexual dimorphism in salamanders: patterns and potential processes
Publication date :
June 2014
Journal title :
Journal of Zoology
ISSN :
0952-8369
eISSN :
1469-7998
Publisher :
Blackwell Publishing
Volume :
293
Issue :
3
Pages :
143-151
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique
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