Subtitle:

Acta Ornithologica, vol. 34, no. 2 ; Fenotypowa dostosowalność żołądka mięśniowego ptaków

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii ; Meeting of the European Ornithologists' Union (2 ; 1999 ; Gdańsk)

Publisher:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Description:

Referat wygłoszony na Second Meeting of the European Ornithologists' Union ; Bibliogr. s. 153 ; S. [149]-153 : il. ; 27 cm ; Streszcz. pol.

Type of object:

Czasopismo/Artykuł

Abstract:

Evolutionary biology presumes that organ capacities match their natural loads. Therefore, organ systems are expected to show a reversible, repeatable and rapid phenotypic response to fluctuating conditions that is directional and scaled. In this study, phenotypic responses of the gizzard of adult Japanese quails Coturnix japonica to experimental mismatches of load and capacity were tested by a series of diet-switching experiments (involving an increased content of non-digestable fibre, NDF, in the diet). The results of all experiments were in accordance with the predictions made from the hypothesis that there is matching between loads and capacities: (1) the observed phenotypic responses are directional and scaled to the demands, i.e. increasing NDF elicits an increase in gizzard size. When the proportion of NDF in the diet was raised from 1% to 45%, the gizzard was more than twice as large as in the control group; (2) size responses were reversible, and reduced NDF was followed by a decrease of gizzard size; (3) phenotypic responses could be elicited repeatedly in three successive trials; (4) excess capacities were down-regulated and insufficient capacities were up-regulated; (5) the responses followed changes of loads with almost no time lag, with size changes measurable within 24 hours.

Relation:

Acta Ornithologica

Volume:

34

Issue:

2

Start page:

149

End page:

153

Detailed Resource Type:

Artykuł ; Materiały konferencyjne

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:45212

Source:

MiIZ PAN, patrz sygn. czas. P.257, Vol. 34, No ; MiIZ PAN, patrz sygn. czas. P.4568, Vol. 34, No 2 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng ; pol

Rights:

Prawa zastrzeżone - dostęp ograniczony

Terms of use:

Zasób chroniony prawem autorskim. Korzystanie dozwolone wyłącznie na terminalach Muzeum i Instytutu Zoologii PAN w zakresie określonym przez przepisy o dozwolonym użytku.

Digitizing institution:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Original in:

Biblioteka Muzeum i Instytutu Zoologii PAN

Projects co-financed by:

Program Operacyjny Innowacyjna Gospodarka, lata 2010-2014, Priorytet 2. Infrastruktura strefy B + R ; Unia Europejska. Europejski Fundusz Rozwoju Regionalnego

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