Dear Editor,Local adaptation in organisms involves changes in morphological,physiological,and biochemical traits in response to diverse environmental conditions(Mai&Liao 2019;Giacomini et al.2022;Jiang et al.2023)...Dear Editor,Local adaptation in organisms involves changes in morphological,physiological,and biochemical traits in response to diverse environmental conditions(Mai&Liao 2019;Giacomini et al.2022;Jiang et al.2023).An organ,an important morphological trait in organisms,undergoes adaptive size adjustments in response to environmental factors(Liao et al.2022;Zamora-Camacho 2022).Typically,variations in organ size under diverse environments along geographic gradients are affected by factors such as food intake and oxygen fluctuations(Zhong et al.2017).The heart,a crucial organ in organisms,plays a vital role in assessing survival and fitness(Müller et al.2014).Significant variations in heart size exist both between and within species,with the Hesse’s rule stating that animals adapted to cold environments have a larger heart in relation to body weight than closely related species living in warm habitats(Hesse 1924).展开更多
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文摘Dear Editor,Local adaptation in organisms involves changes in morphological,physiological,and biochemical traits in response to diverse environmental conditions(Mai&Liao 2019;Giacomini et al.2022;Jiang et al.2023).An organ,an important morphological trait in organisms,undergoes adaptive size adjustments in response to environmental factors(Liao et al.2022;Zamora-Camacho 2022).Typically,variations in organ size under diverse environments along geographic gradients are affected by factors such as food intake and oxygen fluctuations(Zhong et al.2017).The heart,a crucial organ in organisms,plays a vital role in assessing survival and fitness(Müller et al.2014).Significant variations in heart size exist both between and within species,with the Hesse’s rule stating that animals adapted to cold environments have a larger heart in relation to body weight than closely related species living in warm habitats(Hesse 1924).
