Traits Underlying Experimentally Evolved Dispersal Behavior in Tribolium castaneum.

ABSTRACT: Dispersal is an important behavior in many animals, with profound effects on individual fitness and the evolutionary trajectories of populations. This is especially true within taxa with particular life-history strategies, for example those that exploit ephemeral habitat. Further, dispersal is commonly seen to be part of behavioral syndromes - suites of traits that covary across behavioral contexts. The red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), is a major post-harvest crop pest responsible for large losses through the infestation of stored grain. In this system dispersal is known to have a strong genetic basis and differential artificial selection on dispersal traits produces strong phenotypic divergence. However, it is unknown which traits are able to rapid

SUBMITTER: Pointer MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11564205 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature