ArticleCurrent zoology2019
Experimental evolution of personality traits: open-field exploration in bank voles from a multidirectional selection experiment.
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- Maternal antibody-mediated elimination of a Puumala hantavirus outbreak in a bank vole colony.PLoS pathogens · 2026Article
- Beyond the laboratory: the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) as a novel model organism in biological research.Frontiers in zoology · 2025Review
- Experimental evolution of a mammalian holobiont: bank voles selected for herbivorous capability evolved distinct and robust gut bacterial communities.ISME communications · 2025Article
- Flexibility and rigidity in hunting behaviour in rodents: is there room for cognition?Animal cognition · 2022Article
- Artificial selection for predatory behaviour results in dietary niche differentiation in an omnivorous mammal.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Evolution of an increased performance under acute challenge does not exacerbate vulnerability to chronic stress.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Nine Levels of Explanation : A Proposed Expansion of Tinbergen's Four-Level Framework for Understanding the Causes of Behavior.Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) · 2021Article
- The metabolic performance predicts home range size of bank voles: a support for the behavioral-bioenergetics theory.Oecologia · 2020Article
- The effect of monoamines reuptake inhibitors on aerobic exercise performance in bank voles from a selection experiment.Current zoology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Evolution of complex physiological adaptations could be driven by natural selection acting on behavioral traits. Consequently, animal personality traits and their correlation with physiological traits have become an engaging research area. Here, we applied a unique experimental evolution model-lines of bank voles selected for (A) high exercise-induced aerobic metabolism, (H) ability to cope with low-quality herbivorous diet, and (P) intensity of predatory behavior, that is, traits shaping evolutionary path and diversity of mammals-and asked how the selection affected the voles' personality traits, assessed in an open field test. The A- and P-line voles were more active, whereas the H-line voles were less active, compared those from unselected control lines (C). H-line voles moved slower but on more meandering trajectories, which indicated a more thorough exploration, whereas the A- and P-line voles moved faster and on straighter trajectories. A-line voles showed also an increased escape propensity, whereas P-line voles tended to be bolder. The remarkable correlated responses to the selection indicate a common genetic underlying mechanism of behavioral and physiological traits, and support the paradigm of evolutionary physiology built around the concept of correlated evolution of behavior and physiology.
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