THE INHERITANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MINNOW ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR

被引:189
作者
MAGURRAN, AE [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV WALES,SCH BIOL SCI,BANGOR LL57 2UW,GWYNEDD,WALES
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10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80947-9
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
European minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus, populations that occur sympatrically with pike, Esox lucius, a piscivorous predator, form more cohesive schools and have better integrated evasion tactics than fish from pike-free waters. The present study, which used two laboratory-reared populations of minnows, showed that anti-predator behaviour is inherited, but that it is modified on the basis of early experience (of a simulated predator attack). The greatest adjustment in anti-predator behaviour occurred in the minnows naturally sympatric with pike, suggesting a genetic predisposition to respond to early experience that varies between populations. © 1990 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.
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