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| NAYA,DANIEL E; BOZINOVIC,FRANCISCO. |
| Studies of phenotypic flexibility are central to the understanding of evolutionary and comparative physiology. Research conducted on many vertebrate species has shown that the digestive system is highly responsive and sensitive to environmental cues. However, amphibians, which are a standard and classic model organism for the study of many physiological processes, have been poorly considered in the study of ecological consequences on digestive flexibility. Here we review and analyze the current information on this topic for amphibians. We identify three major bodies of empirical evidence: a) seasonal changes in gut development, b) lack of dietary modulation of gut attributes in adult individuals, c) a relationship between feeding habits and the magnitude... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Amphibians; Digestive theory; Gut adjustments; Phenotypic flexibility. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602004000300002 |
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| NAYA,DANIEL E. |
| Phenotypic plasticity comprises a central concept in the understanding of how organisms interact with their environment, and thus, is a central topic in ecology and evolution. A particular case of phenotypic plasticity is phenotypic flexibility, which refers to reversible change in organism traits due to changes in internal or external environmental conditions. Flexibility of digestive features has been analyzed for more than a century in a myriad of different species and contexts. Studies in rodents on gut size flexibility have been developed mainly from two different áreas of the biological sciences, physiology and ecology. However, as for several other topics related with physiological ecology, both kinds of studies largely developed along sepárate... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Digestive physiology; Phenotypic plasticity; Physiological flexibility; Rodents. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2008000400012 |
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