Sammanfattning

Mitochondrial genes play an essential role in energy metabolism. Variation in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence often exists within species, and this variation can have consequences for energy production and organismal life history. Yet, despite potential links between energy metabolism and the expression of animal behaviour, mtDNA variation has been largely neglected to date in studies investigating intraspecific behavioural diversity. We outline how mtDNA variation and interactions between mitochondrial and nuclear genotypes may contribute to the expression of individual-to-individual behavioural differences within populations, and why such effects may lead to sex differences in behaviour. We contend that integration of the mitochondrial genome into behavioural ecology research may be key to fully understanding the evolutionary genetics of animal behaviour.

Nyckelord

animal personality; behavioural syndromes; mito-nuclear interactions; mother’s curse; pace-of-life syndrome; sexual dimorphism

Publicerad i

Trends in ecology & evolution
2024, Volym: 39, nummer: 2, sidor: 199-212

SLU författare

• Brand, Jack

  • Institutionen för vilt, fisk och miljö, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Monash University

UKÄ forskningsämne

Zoologi
Ekologi
Evolutionsbiologi


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.09.009

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/126959