The evolution of conglobation in Ceratocanthinae

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03685-2

	The evolution of conglobation in Ceratocanthinae
	Lu, Yuanyuan 12; Ballerio, Alberto 1; Wang, Shuo 10,11; Zou, Zhengting 9,12; Gorb, Stanislav N.8; Wang, Tao 6,7; Li, Lulu 12; Ji, Shen 10,11; Zhao, Zhengyu 9,12; Li, Sheng 12
刊名	COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
	2022-08-06
卷号	5 期号:1 页码:14
DOI	10.1038/s42003-022-03685-2
通讯作者	Gu, Qi(qgu@ioz.ac.cn) ; Bai, Ming(baim@ioz.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Evolutionary and functional analyses alongside new fossil specimens expand our understanding of rolling-into-ball behaviour in pill scarab beetles. Conglobation is an adaptive behaviour occurring independently in various animal groups. Here, we study the evolution of conglobation in Ceratocanthinae, a beetle group with the ability to roll three body segments into a tight ball. It is here implied that this ability evolved only once in the Mesozoic. Evidence is offered suggesting that the high defensive strength of Ceratocanthinae is due not only to the spherical body shape but also to the thickness and stronger mechanical properties of the dorsal cuticle. We further validate five adaptive characters including the allometrically thickened body wall and find that the specific adaptation of different body segments are likely separate evolutionary events. Finally, we propose an "attackers stress" hypothesis to explain the origin of conglobation behaviours. This work contributes to understanding how and why conglobation behaviour may have evolved in this group.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[31900317] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31961143002] ; Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Sciences ; First-class discipline of Prataculture Science of Ningxia University[NXYLXK2017A01] ; GDAS Special Project of Science and Technology Development[2020GDASYL-20200102021] ; GDAS Special Project of Science and Technology Development[2020GDASYL-20200301003] ; CAS Engineering Laboratory for Intelligent Organ Manufacturing[KFJ-PTXM-039] ; CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research[YSBR-012] ; Research Equipment Development Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[YJKYYQ20190045] ; Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Lab[B21HJ0102] ; Guizhou Science and Technology Planning Project[2022-173]
WOS关键词	COLEOPTERA SCARABAEIDAE ; MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES ; BEETLES COLEOPTERA ; TRADE-OFFS ; HYBOSORIDAE ; PHYLOGENY ; STRATEGIES ; HISTORY ; ORIGIN ; GENUS
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
出版者	NATURE PORTFOLIO
WOS记录号	WOS:000836798700005
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Bureau of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Sciences ; First-class discipline of Prataculture Science of Ningxia University ; GDAS Special Project of Science and Technology Development ; CAS Engineering Laboratory for Intelligent Organ Manufacturing ; CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research ; Research Equipment Development Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Lab ; Guizhou Science and Technology Planning Project
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/41105]
专题	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
通讯作者	Gu, Qi; Bai, Ming
作者单位	1.Viale Venezia 45, Brescia, Italy 2.Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Lab, Bldg 1,7 Yiju Rd, Sanya City 572025, Hainan, Peoples R China 3.POB 4680, Chongqing, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing, Peoples R China 5.Beijing Xiachong Amber Museum, Beijing, Peoples R China 6.Hebei Agr Univ, Coll Plant Protect, Baoding 071001, Peoples R China 7.Ningxia Univ, Sch Agr, Yinchuan, Ningxia, Peoples R China 8.Univ Kiel, Zool Inst, Dept Funct Morphol & Biomech, Kiel, Germany 9.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 10.Beijing Inst Stem Cell & Regenerat Med, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lu, Yuanyuan,Ballerio, Alberto,Wang, Shuo,et al. The evolution of conglobation in Ceratocanthinae[J]. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY,2022,5(1):14.
APA	Lu, Yuanyuan.,Ballerio, Alberto.,Wang, Shuo.,Zou, Zhengting.,Gorb, Stanislav N..,...&Bai, Ming.(2022).The evolution of conglobation in Ceratocanthinae.COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY,5(1),14.
MLA	Lu, Yuanyuan,et al."The evolution of conglobation in Ceratocanthinae".COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY 5.1(2022):14.