A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal

Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Stress Responses




AuthorsTaborsky Barbara, English Sinead, Fawcett Tim W, Kuijper Bram, Leimar Olof, McNamara John M, Ruuskanen Suvi, Sandi Carmen

PublisherElsevier Ltd

Publication year2021

JournalTrends in Ecology and Evolution

Journal name in sourceTrends in Ecology and Evolution

Volume36

Issue1

First page 39

Last page48

Number of pages10

ISSN0169-5347

eISSN1872-8383

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.09.003(external)

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10871/122712(external)


Abstract

Extensive experimental and comparative studies provide a solid understanding of the physiological basis of the stress response system and its variation across and within species.

However, lagging behind this is a formal theoretical framework to help unify the wealth of existing verbal hypotheses linking stress response mechanisms and fitness, and to explain how such a response system has evolved.

We propose an evo-mecho approach, combining optimality models and evolutionary simulations with empirical evidence about the underlying physiology, to show how mechanistic constraints and the predictability of environmental risks shape the stress response.

A deeper understanding of stress response evolution will require mechanistically informed evolutionary models, phylogenetically controlled comparative analyses, and experimental evolution studies.



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