The branching coral Stylophora pistillata:: Contribution of genetics in shaping colony landscape
The branching coral Stylophora pistillata:: Contribution of genetics in shaping colony landscape
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10.1560/bcpa-um3a-mkbp-hgl2
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2002-01-01
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Rinkevich, B
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Rinkevich, B
分支群落生物体中的群落结构是通过结构单元（模块）（包括类动物和分支）的迭代过程建立的。分析殖民组织的不同方法揭示了分支形式的内在秩序。通过使用分形等数学模型、扩散和流动模拟、应用树结构模型和发育性运河化思想或分析异时性，人们尝试模仿群体形成的规则。然而。大多数方法都没有优先考虑这样的基本原理：控制分支有机体构建方式的结构和规则是可遗传的特征，甚至表型可塑性也是可塑性基因的表达结果。目前还没有模型系统来研究遗传对分支模块化生物体结构的影响。 Stylophora pistillata 是一种印度-太平洋造血型珊瑚，在这里被视为这样的模型。然后分析 S. pistillata 的形态特征。我提出了一种可能性，即遗传学是塑造群体景观的关键因素，在研究海洋分支形式的结构时应考虑遗传因素。
Colony architecture in branching colonial organisms is established through iterated processes of the structural units (modules), both zooids and the branches. Different approaches to analyzing colonial organization have revealed an intrinsic order to branched forms. By using mathematical models such as fractals, simulations of diffusion and flow, applying tree architectural models and developmental canalization ideas or analyzing heterochrony, attempts have been made to mimic the rules of colony formation. However. most approaches have not prioritized the rationale that structures and rules which govern the way a branching organism is built are heritable characteristics, and that even phenotypic plasticity is the expressed outcome of plasticity genes. There is no model system yet for the study of genetic impact on the architecture of branching modular organisms. Stylophora pistillata, an Indo-Pacific hermatypic coral, is treated here as such a model. S. pistillata morphometric characters are then analyzed. I raise the possibility that genetics is a key factor in shaping colony landscape and that genetic factors should be considered when studying the architecture of marine branching forms.