Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc April 2022 PMID 34894040

Whole-body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians.

Gordon Grigg, Julia Nowack, José Eduardo Pereira Wilken Bicudo, Naresh Chandra Bal, Holly N Woodward, Roger S Seymour

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Many discussions highlight the evolutionary importance of whole-body endothermy, with comments like 'Hold the fort! Guess it's not -' and references to related species, showcasing curiosity and analytical thinking. The tone and choice of words reflect genuine interest and an acknowledgment of the research's broader implications.

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Most discussions acknowledge the significance of the findings, with some supporting the idea that endothermy evolved early among ancestors of various species.

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Abstract in brief

  • The text discusses how whole-body endothermy (heat regulation) likely originated before the divergence of mammals and birds, challenging the idea that it evolved independently in each group due to their different mechanisms like brown adipose tissue (BAT) in mammals and skeletal muscle in birds.
  • Recent research suggests that the biochemical process behind non-shivering thermogenesis (NST), which generates body heat without muscle contractions, might be similar in both groups and could have a common evolutionary origin, involving calcium regulation in muscles.
  • The authors propose that the capacity for whole-body endothermy may be homologous (shared through common ancestry) rather than independently evolved, based on similarities in muscle NST mechanisms observed in both mammals and birds, despite some differences in specific proteins like sarcolipin.]

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What if ectothermy is the derived condition?

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恒温性の起源。哺乳類・鳥類・ワニ類の祖先で古くから相同かつ広く見られる "Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians" (Gordon C. Grigg, et al. 2021) https://t.co/uB1ghBpPzX https://t.co/qBb4wO9FiZ

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恒温性の起源。哺乳類・鳥類・ワニ類の祖先で古くから相同かつ広く見られる "Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians" (Gordon C. Grigg, et al. 2021) https://t.co/uB1ghBpPzX https://t.co/qBb4wO9FiZ

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ARTÍCULO ORIGINAL (acceso abierto) Whole-body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians https://t.co/TKcb0b0NzT via #BiologicalReviews

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Newly published article in biological reviews outlines that the capacity for endothermy likely evolved prior to the Synapsid-Sauropsid divergence. #zoology #Paleontology https://t.co/0j1XeuHRMB

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