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The effect of different selection intensities on selection response in egg-laying of Tribolium castaneum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

R. G. Ruano ,
F. Orozco  and
C. López-Fanjul
R. G. Ruano
Affiliation:
Departamento de Genética, Instituto National de Investigationes Agrarias, Avda. Puerta de Hierro s/n, Madrid – 3, Spain
F. Orozco
Affiliation:
Departamento de Genética, Instituto National de Investigationes Agrarias, Avda. Puerta de Hierro s/n, Madrid – 3, Spain
C. López-Fanjul
Affiliation:
Departamento de Genética, Instituto National de Investigationes Agrarias, Avda. Puerta de Hierro s/n, Madrid – 3, Spain
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An experiment was carried out to test the effect of varying selection intensity on the response to individual selection with a fixed number of individuals scored per generation. The selected trait was egg laying of virgin females of Tribolium castaneum scored from the 7th to the 1 lth day after adult emergence. Five different selected proportions of females were considered (5, 10, 20, 33 and 50%) and each treatment was represented by two replicate lines. Control lines were maintained throughout the experiment. The lines selected at the lowest proportions (5 and 10%) led to the largest initial gains, but the largest final gains were achieved, by the lines where the proportions selected were 10 and 20%, in agreement with theory. Lines where the proportion selected was 50% gave the lowest rate of response over the period considered (32 generations). A good agreement was found between predicted and realized short-term responses to selection. Prediction at later stages of selection deteriorated in the most strongly selected lines mainly due to the levels of inbreeding attained.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , February 1975 , pp. 17 - 27
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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