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Van de Walle J, Fay R, Gaillard JM, Pelletier F, Hamel S, Gamelon M, Barbraud C, Blanchet FG, Blumstein DT, Charmantier A, Delord K, Larue B, Martin J, Mills JA, Milot E, Mayer FM, Rotella J, Saether BE, Teplitsky C, van de Pol M, Van Vuren DH, Visser ME, Wells CP, Yarrall J, Jenouvrier S. Individual life histories: neither slow nor fast, just diverse. Proc Biol Sci 2023; 290:20230511. [PMID: 37403509 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The slow-fast continuum is a commonly used framework to describe variation in life-history strategies across species. Individual life histories have also been assumed to follow a similar pattern, especially in the pace-of-life syndrome literature. However, whether a slow-fast continuum commonly explains life-history variation among individuals within a population remains unclear. Here, we formally tested for the presence of a slow-fast continuum of life histories both within populations and across species using detailed long-term individual-based demographic data for 17 bird and mammal species with markedly different life histories. We estimated adult lifespan, age at first reproduction, annual breeding frequency, and annual fecundity, and identified the main axes of life-history variation using principal component analyses. Across species, we retrieved the slow-fast continuum as the main axis of life-history variation. However, within populations, the patterns of individual life-history variation did not align with a slow-fast continuum in any species. Thus, a continuum ranking individuals from slow to fast living is unlikely to shape individual differences in life histories within populations. Rather, individual life-history variation is likely idiosyncratic across species, potentially because of processes such as stochasticity, density dependence, and individual differences in resource acquisition that affect species differently and generate non-generalizable patterns across species.
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- Joanie Van de Walle
- Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, CNRS-UMR5558, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, CNRS-UMR5558, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-UMR7372, Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Département de Mathématiques, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- Département des Sciences de la Santé Communautaire, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO, USA
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- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-UMR7372, Université La Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- 10527A Skyline Drive, Corning, NY, USA
- 3 Miromiro Drive, Kaikoura, New Zealand
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- Département de Chimie, Biochimie et Physique and Forensics Research Group, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
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- Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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- The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO, USA
- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO, USA
- Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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Mawass W, Mayer FM, Milot E. Genotype-by-environment interactions modulate the rate of microevolution in reproductive timing in humans. Evolution 2022; 76:1391-1405. [PMID: 35548908 DOI: 10.1111/evo.14504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Evidence from natural populations shows that changes in environmental conditions can cause rapid modifications in the evolutionary potential of phenotypes, partly through genotype-by-environment interactions (G×E). Therefore, the overall rate of microevolution should depend on fluctuations in environmental conditions, even when directional selection is sustained over several generations. We tested this hypothesis in a preindustrial human population that experienced a microevolutionary change in age at first reproduction (AFR) of mothers, using the annual infant mortality rate (IMR) as an indicator of environmental conditions during their early life. Using quantitative genetics analyses, we found that G×Es explained a nonnegligible fraction of the additive genetic variance in AFR and in relative fitness, as well as of the genetic covariance between AFR and fitness (i.e., the Robertson-Price covariance). The covariance was stronger for individuals exposed to unfavorable early-life environmental conditions. Our results unravel the presence of G×Es in an important life history trait and its impact on the rate of microevolution, which appears to have been sensitive to short-term fluctuations in local environmental conditions.
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- Walid Mawass
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, University of Québec at Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivieres, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Québec at Montréal, Montréal, QC, H4A 2Y4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, University of Québec at Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivieres, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada
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Santos C, Abade A, Cantons J, Mayer FM, Aluja MP, Lima M. Genetic structure of Flores island (Azores, Portugal) in the 19th century and in the present day: evidence from surname analysis. Hum Biol 2006; 77:317-41. [PMID: 16392635 DOI: 10.1353/hub.2005.0053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The island of Flores is the most westerly of the Azores archipelago (Portugal). Despite its marked geographic isolation and reduced population size, biodemographic and genetic studies conducted so far do not support the idea that its population constitutes a genetic isolate. In this study we conducted a surname analysis of the Flores population for two time periods: the second half of the 19th century and the present day. Our main purposes were (1) to biodemographically and genetically characterize the island, taking into account the strong reduction in population observed from the middle of the 19th century to the present day; and (2) to analyze the influence that the effective population size and geographic distance have on the genetic structure of populations. For both periods analyzed, all indicators of diversity revealed a high level of surname diversity. Our results are in accordance with the diversity estimates obtained from both monoparental genetic markers located in the Y chromosome and frequencies of mtDNA haplogroups. Contrary to what could be expected, considering the strong reduction of population in the last 150 years, we observed that diversity was maintained and that microdifferentiation decreased. Both observations support a higher openness of parishes as a consequence of the increase in communication routes. From the first to the second period analyzed, a change in surname composition is evident, although the more frequent surnames in Flores are almost the same for both periods and some of them are reported to be surnames present in the first settlers of Flores. This result testifies to the impact of founders on the present-day gene pool of Flores island and allows us to infer that the genetic characterization of the present-day population of Flores could provide reliable information about the history of the peopling of the Azores.
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- Cristina Santos
- Anthropology Unit, Department BABVE, Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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Lima M, Smith MT, Silva C, Abade A, Mayer FM, Coutinho P. Natural selection at the MJD locus: phenotypic diversity, survival and fertility among Machado-Joseph Disease patients from the Azores. J Biosoc Sci 2001; 33:361-73. [PMID: 11446399 DOI: 10.1017/s0021932001003613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Machado-Joseph Disease (MJD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder of adult onset, associated with the expansion of a (CAG)n tract in the coding region of the causative gene, localized on 14q32.1. Machado-Joseph Disease shows non-Mendelian features typical of other triplet repeat disorders, including clinical heterogeneity, variable age at onset and anticipation. Three phenotypes have been proposed (clinical types 1, 2 and 3). Type 1 is associated with early age at onset and a high repeat number of the CAG sequence, and Types 2 and 3 have later onset and lower numbers of CAG repeats. This paper investigates whether there is selection against the MJD gene, acting through differential survival. nuptiality and fertility associated with clinical type and age at onset. The study sample comprised 40 MJD patients from the Azores (Portugal) having fully documented reproductive histories and known dates of death. The proportion of married patients of each clinical type increased from 0.22 among Type 1 patients, to 0.40 in Type 2 and 0.95 in Type 3. Age at onset and length of survival were also associated with marital status, with the married cases having later mean age at onset and longer mean survival time. In the whole sample, clinical type was associated with fertility, with significantly fewer children born to Type 1 patients. Among married patients clinical type was not associated with age at marriage, reproductive span or number of children. No reduction of fertility was detected among married patients in whom the onset of MJD was below the age of 50. The authors' interpretation of these results is that the high-repeat CAG haplotypes associated with early age at onset and clinical Type 1 are selected against through reduced survival and fertility. The fertility component of selection is mediated by nuptiality rather than marital fertility.
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- M Lima
- Department of Biology, University of the Azores, Portugal
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Lima M, Mayer FM, Coutinho P, Abade A. Origins of a mutation: population genetics of Machado-Joseph disease in the Azores (Portugal). Hum Biol 1998; 70:1011-23. [PMID: 9825593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder of adult onset. In the islands of the Azores (Portugal), MJD reaches the highest prevalence reported worldwide. It has been postulated that it is highly represented in the Azorean population as a result of a founder effect. To test this hypothesis, we reconstructed the ascending genealogies of the 32 Azorean families presently identified as harboring the disease (103 patients), using parish records as the main source of data. These patients were originally from the islands of São Miguel, Terceira, Graciosa, and Flores. The genealogies of the two main Azorean American families (Machado and Joseph) were also reconstructed. To identify the links between the MJD families, we calculated the kinship coefficient between the proponents of these genealogies. The family from Terceira was linked to three different MJD families from Flores through common ancestors. No kinship was observed between the MJD families from São Miguel and families from any other island. Links between the two Azorean American families and Azorean MJD families were found. The founders present in more than one ascendance were identified. Their chronological and geographic distribution indicates that more than one MJD mutation was introduced in the Azores, probably by settlers coming from the Portuguese mainland. The molecular evidence to date corroborates these results, because two distinct haplotypes have been established, one on the island of São Miguel and the other on Flores. Therefore molecular biology studies confirm the accuracy of the conclusions drawn from the genealogical evidence supporting the absence of a founder effect for MJD in the Azorean population.
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- M Lima
- Department of Biology, University of the Azores, São Miguel, Portugal
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Lima M, Coutinho P, Abade A, Vasconcelos J, Mayer FM. Causes of death in Machado-Joseph disease: a case-control study in the Azores (Portugal). Arch Neurol 1998; 55:1341-4. [PMID: 9779663 DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.10.1341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is an autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia of adult onset with a high prevalence in the islands of Azores (Portugal). The genetic epidemiological studies presently under way in these islands are based on the genealogical reconstruction of the affected families, thus partially depending on the reference of patients using family history. A considerable effort has been made to obtain genealogies that are as complete as possible, making use of different types of data. The utility of the death causes contained in the death registers of the patients with MJD was determined in this study. OBJECTIVES To estimate the extent to which the cause of death reported in the death register can confirm other reports of an individual's status for the disease (ie, oral information), and to determine the accuracy of the death certificates in listing MJD in patients whose disease was clinically diagnosed. DESIGN Case-control study. METHODS The death registers of 113 patients with MJD (82 whose disease was identified by history and 31 whose disease was clinically diagnosed) were examined and compared with those of controls matched by sex and date and place of death. RESULTS There were significant differences in the causes of death between cases and controls, both for those whose disease was identified by history (chi(2) = 51.69, P < .001) and for those whose disease was identified by examination (chi(2) = 27.78, P = .004). However, the cause of death was in accord with the presence of the disease in only 40% of the cases reported as being identified only by family history. In the cases in which the disease was clinically diagnosed, only nearly 38% of the registers provided reliable information as to MJD being the direct cause of death. CONCLUSIONS The fact that only nearly 40% of the patients with clinically confirmed MJD had a cause of death compatible with MJD precludes the use of cause of death as a means of identifying affected individuals in the Azorean MJD pedigrees.
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- M Lima
- Department of Biology, University of the Azores, São Miguel, Portugal
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PURPOSE In 1992, 1812 individuals (1.2% of the population) were labelled at risk for malignant hyperthermia (MH) in seven families from Abitibi-Témiscamingue. To evaluate the effective risk in this population, a multidisciplinary study was undertaken which included clinical, genealogical and molecular aspects. This paper presents the clinical aspects of the study. METHOD For each of the 1546 individuals reached, all anesthetic exposures were screened for elements relevant to MH. Malignant hyperthermia events were analyzed with "the clinical grading scale." All 44 reports of caffeine halothane contracture tests were reappraised. Finally, genealogical study was done to complete each family tree up to the initial French settlers in order to identify links between these seven families through common ancestors. RESULTS Following this reassessment, the families were compared and classified into four groups. Two families (1097 individuals) are not considered to be at a higher risk for MH than the population in general. Two families are still considered possibly at risk. Finally, one family (402 individuals) is highly at risk and two other families are probably at risk. Family trees did not show any link up to the colonization of Abitibi-Témiscamingue in the beginning of this Century but common ancestors were found around the 9th generation. CONCLUSION This clinical reassessment will help to focus education and prevention on a much smaller group of individuals still considered potentially at risk for MH. By adequate evaluation of phenotypes, combined with the use of a genealogical approach, it will be possible to target families for molecular research.
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- M Bachand
- Department of Anaesthesia, Centre-Hospitalier Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
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Bois E, Bonaïti C, Lallemant M, Moatti L, Feingold N, Mayer FM, Feingold J. Studies on an isolated West Indies population. III. Epidemiologic study of sensorineural hearing loss. Neuroepidemiology 1987; 6:139-49. [PMID: 3658083 DOI: 10.1159/000110109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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An epidemiologic study of hearing loss was undertaken on a small Caribbean island and revealed a high frequency of abnormal audiograms among the population of French origin. Since there is no clear-cut discrimination between hypoacusis and normal hearing, but rather a continuous spectrum, the degree of hearing loss was quantified by an audiometric index, using the results of audiograms performed on 70% of the inhabitants. No environmental factors could be identified, although the effect of such factors is highly suggested by several observations of deafness aggravated by, or appearing after, a small dose of ototoxic antibiotics, and also by a strong residual age effect after correction for physiological presbyacusis. Hearing loss was found to be sparsed all over the island. Familial aggregation was noticed for several severe cases.
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- E Bois
- Unité de Recherches de Génétique Epidémiologique, INSERM, Paris, France
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