Artificial selection for food colour preferences

Proceedings. Biological Sciences
Gemma L Cole, J A Endler

Abstract

Colour is an important factor in food detection and acquisition by animals using visually based foraging. Colour can be used to identify the suitability of a food source or improve the efficiency of food detection, and can even be linked to mate choice. Food colour preferences are known to exist, but whether these preferences are heritable and how these preferences evolve is unknown. Using the freshwater fish Poecilia reticulata, we artificially selected for chase behaviour towards two different-coloured moving stimuli: red and blue spots. A response to selection was only seen for chase behaviours towards the red, with realized heritabilities ranging from 0.25 to 0.30. Despite intense selection, no significant chase response was recorded for the blue-selected lines. This lack of response may be due to the motion-detection mechanism in the guppy visual system and may have novel implications for the evolvability of responses to colour-related signals. The behavioural response to several colours after five generations of selection suggests that the colour opponency system of the fish may regulate the response to selection.

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Jan 29, 2015·John A. Endler, Gemma L. Cole

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Oct 3, 2015·Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology·Sean M EhlmanAndrew Sih
Sep 30, 2016·Proceedings. Biological Sciences·Gemma L Cole, John A Endler
Jan 18, 2018·Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution·Silvia CattelanAndrea Pilastro
May 29, 2018·Journal of Evolutionary Biology·Gemma L Cole, John A Endler
Jun 12, 2019·Scientific Reports·Takashi HottaMasanori Kohda
Jun 8, 2018·Evolutionary Applications·Jack HollinsShaun S Killen
Nov 4, 2020·The Journal of Experimental Biology·Regina Vega-TrejoNiclas Kolm

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