Cranial endothermy in mobulid rays: Evolutionary and ecological implications of a thermogenic brain.
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The Journal of animal ecology
2025
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| author | Arostegui, M C |
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| contents | Cranial endothermy in mobulid rays: Evolutionary and ecological implications of a thermogenic brain. Arostegui, M C Animals Biological Evolution Brain Skates, Fish Skull Thermogenesis The large, metabolically expensive brains of manta and devil rays (Mobula spp.) may act as a thermogenic organ representing a unique mechanistic basis for cranial endothermy among fishes that improves central nervous system function in cold waters. Whereas early hominids in hot terrestrial environments may have experienced a thermal constraint to evolving larger brain size, cetaceans and mobulids in cold marine waters may have experienced a thermal driver for enlargement of a thermogenic brain. The potential for brain enlargement to yield the dual outcomes of cranial endothermy and enhanced cognition in mobulids suggests one may be an evolutionary by-product of selection for the mechanisms underlying the other, and highlights the need to account for non-cognitive functions when translating brain size into cognitive capacity. Computational scientific imaging offers promising avenues for addressing the pressing mechanistic and phylogenetic questions needed to assess the theory that cranial endothermy in mobulids is the result of temperature-driven selection for a brain with augmented thermogenic potential. |
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| spellingShingle | Cranial endothermy in mobulid rays: Evolutionary and ecological implications of a thermogenic brain. Arostegui, M C Animals Biological Evolution Brain Skates, Fish Skull Thermogenesis Cranial endothermy in mobulid rays: Evolutionary and ecological implications of a thermogenic brain. Arostegui, M C Animals Biological Evolution Brain Skates, Fish Skull Thermogenesis The large, metabolically expensive brains of manta and devil rays (Mobula spp.) may act as a thermogenic organ representing a unique mechanistic basis for cranial endothermy among fishes that improves central nervous system function in cold waters. Whereas early hominids in hot terrestrial environments may have experienced a thermal constraint to evolving larger brain size, cetaceans and mobulids in cold marine waters may have experienced a thermal driver for enlargement of a thermogenic brain. The potential for brain enlargement to yield the dual outcomes of cranial endothermy and enhanced cognition in mobulids suggests one may be an evolutionary by-product of selection for the mechanisms underlying the other, and highlights the need to account for non-cognitive functions when translating brain size into cognitive capacity. Computational scientific imaging offers promising avenues for addressing the pressing mechanistic and phylogenetic questions needed to assess the theory that cranial endothermy in mobulids is the result of temperature-driven selection for a brain with augmented thermogenic potential. |
| title | Cranial endothermy in mobulid rays: Evolutionary and ecological implications of a thermogenic brain. |
| topic | Animals Biological Evolution Brain Skates, Fish Skull Thermogenesis |
| url | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39434239/ |