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Heritability of and strong single gene (Pgi) effects on life-history traits in the Glanville fritillary butterfly.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Sept 2009
Klemme I, Hanski I
Abstract excerpt
We estimated broad-sense heritabilities (H(2)) of 13 female and seven male life-history traits of the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) under semi-natural conditions in a large outdoor population cage. The analysis was based on full-sib families collected as young larvae in the field and reared under common garden conditions. We found significant genetic variance in female lifespan, fecundity,...
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