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Direct and indirect genetic effects in life-history traits of flour beetles (Tribolium castaneum).
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jan 2016
Ellen Esther D, Peeters Katrijn, Verhoeven Merel, Gols Rieta, Harvey Jeffrey A, Wade Michael J, Dicke Marcel, Bijma Piter
Abstract excerpt
Indirect genetic effects (IGEs) are the basis of social interactions among conspecifics, and can affect genetic variation of nonsocial and social traits. We used flour beetles (Tribolium castaneum) of two phenotypically distinguishable populations to estimate genetic (co)variances and the effect of IGEs on three life-history traits: development time (DT), growth rate (GR), and pupal body mass (BM). We found that...
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