[1].Maternal Thermal Effects on Female Reproduction and Hatchling Phenotype in the Chinese Skink (Plestiodon chinensis)[J].Asian Herpetological Research,2018,9(4):250-257.[doi:10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.180056]
　Li MA,Zhihua LIN,Jianfang GAO,et al.Maternal Thermal Effects on Female Reproduction and Hatchling Phenotype in the Chinese Skink (Plestiodon chinensis)[J].Asian Herpetological Research(AHR),2018,9(4):250-257.[doi:10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.180056]
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Maternal Thermal Effects on Female Reproduction and Hatchling Phenotype in the Chinese Skink (Plestiodon chinensis)()
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Asian Herpetological Research[ISSN:2095-0357/CN:51-1735/Q]

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9
期数:
2018年4期
页码:
250-257
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出版日期:
2018-12-25

文章信息/Info

Title:
Maternal Thermal Effects on Female Reproduction and Hatchling Phenotype in the Chinese Skink (Plestiodon chinensis)
文章编号:
AHR-2018-0056
Author(s):
Li MA1;  Zhihua LIN2;  Jianfang GAO3;  Hong LI1;  Xiang JI1 and Hongliang LU3*
1 Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China
2 School of Ecology, Lishui University, Lishui 323000, Zhejiang, China
3 Hangzhou Key Laboratory for Animal Adaptation and Evolution, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310036, Zhejiang, China
Keywords:
Developmental plasticity;  egg incubation;  female reproduction;  hatchling phenotype;  maternal thermal effect;  Plestiodon chinensis
DOI:
10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.180056
Abstract:
We maintained gravid Chinese skinks (Plestiodon chinensis) at three constant temperatures (25, 28 and 31 °C) during gestation, and randomly assigned eggs from each female to one of the same three temperatures for incubation to determine maternal thermal effects on female reproduction and hatchling phenotype. Maternal temperature affected egg-laying date, hatching success and hatchling linear size (snout-vent length, SVL) but not clutch size, egg size, egg component, and embryonic stage at laying. More specifically, females at higher temperatures laid eggs earlier than did those at low temperatures, eggs laid at 31 °C were less likely to hatch than those laid at 25 °C or 28 °C, and hatchlings from eggs laid at 31 °C were smaller in SVL. Our finding that maternal temperature (pre-ovipositional thermal condition) rather than incubation temperature (post-ovipositional thermal condition) affected hatching success indicated that embryos at early stages were more vulnerable to temperature than those at late stages. Our data provide an inference that moderate maternal temperatures enhance reproductive fitness in P. chinensis.

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