Phenotypic Buffering in a Monogenean: Canalization and Developmental Stability in Shape and Size of the Haptoral Anchors of Ligophorus cephali (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae)

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 11; p. e0142365
• Main Authors: Llopis-Belenguer, Cristina, Balbuena, Juan Antonio, Galván-Femenía, Iván, Rodríguez-González, Abril
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 06.11.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Asymmetry; Biodiversity; Buffers; Correlation analysis; Dactylogyridae; Ectoparasites; Evolution; Evolutionary biology; Fluctuating asymmetry; Gene expression; Integrated software; Matemàtica; Mathematics; Monogenea; Morfologia (Biologia); Morphology; Morphometry; Multivariate analysis; Natural selection; Organisms; Parasites; Parasitology; Paràsits; Phenotype; Phenotypic variations; Platyhelminthes; Platyhelminths - anatomy & histology; Platyhelminths - growth & development; Platyhelminths - physiology; Principal Component Analysis; Regulatory mechanisms (biology); Stability; Studies; Symmetry; Variació; Variance analysis; Variation; Zoology; United States; Spain

Phenotypic variation results from the balance between sources of variation and counteracting regulatory mechanisms. Canalization and developmental stability are two such mechanisms, acting at two different levels of regulation. The issue of whether or not they act concurrently as a common developmen...