Article
Regeneration of the variance of metric traits by spontaneous mutation in a Drosophila population.
Genetics research - 1 Apr 2010
Amador Carmen, García-Dorado Aurora, Bersabé Diego, López-Fanjul Carlos
Abstract excerpt
In the C1 population of Drosophila melanogaster of moderate effective size ( approximately 500), which was genetically invariant in its origin, we studied the regeneration by spontaneous mutation of the genetic variance for two metric traits [abdominal (AB) and sternopleural (ST) bristle number] and that of the concealed mutation load for viability, together with their temporal stability, using alternative...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Genes, Insect
- Genetics, Population
- Mutation
- Selection, Genetic