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The effects of population size and selection intensity in selection for a quantitative character in Drosophila: III. Analyses of the lines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

R. Frankham ,
L. P. Jones  and
J. S. F. Barker
R. Frankham
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W., 2006, Australia
L. P. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W., 2006, Australia
J. S. F. Barker
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W., 2006, Australia
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1. In order to determine the nature of the genetic variation causing the response to selection in our lines (Jones et al. 1968), various analyses were performed.

2. There was no consistent change in heritability, estimated from half-sib correlation or from the phenotypic correlation between the bristle numbers of two abdominal segments, after 10 to 20 generations of selection.

3. Realized heritabilities over the 10 generations subsequent to the heritability estimations were less than in the early generations but bore little relationship to the estimated values.

4. Six lines contained recessive lethals with appreciable effects on bristle number as indicated by high variances, large regression on relaxation and large response to reverse selection.

5. Reverse selection lines taken from the main lines at generation 40 indicated that genetic variation was still present in almost all of the lines. Only one line failed to respond to further forward or to reverse selection.

6. The three highest lines were crossed in pairs and reselected. Two of the three possible crosses gave further response, exceeding the higher parent after one and three generations, but the other cross failed to pass the highest parent line.

7. A combination of large gene effects, linkage, and gene interaction effects have been suggested as the cause of irregularities in the response of the lines. It has not been possible to determine the relative importance of these effects.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , December 1968 , pp. 267 - 283
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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