Genetic variation of inbreeding depression among floral and fitness traits in Silene nutans
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Genetic variation of inbreeding depression among floral and fitness traits in Silene nutans. / Thiele, Jan; Hansen, Thomas Møller; Siegismund, Hans Redlef; Hauser, Thure Pavlo.
In: Heredity, Vol. 104, No. 1, 2010, p. 52-60.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Genetic variation of inbreeding depression among floral and fitness traits in Silene nutans
AU - Thiele, Jan
AU - Hansen, Thomas Møller
AU - Siegismund, Hans Redlef
AU - Hauser, Thure Pavlo
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The magnitude and variation of inbreeding depression (ID) within populations is important for the evolution and maintenance of mixed mating systems. We studied ID and its genetic variation in a range of floral and fitness traits in a small and large population of the perennial herb Silene nutans, using controlled pollinations in a fully factorial North Carolina II design. Floral traits and early fitness traits, that is seed mass and germination rate, were not much affected by inbreeding (delta0.4). Lack of genetic correlations indicated that ID in floral, early and late traits is genetically decoupled. There was a trend that the smaller population was less affected by ID than the large one, although the differences were not significant for most traits. Hence, evidence for purging of deleterious alleles remains inconclusive in this study. Genetic variation in ID among paternal families was statistically significant in most floral and all seed traits, but not in late fitness traits. However, some paternal families had delta
AB - The magnitude and variation of inbreeding depression (ID) within populations is important for the evolution and maintenance of mixed mating systems. We studied ID and its genetic variation in a range of floral and fitness traits in a small and large population of the perennial herb Silene nutans, using controlled pollinations in a fully factorial North Carolina II design. Floral traits and early fitness traits, that is seed mass and germination rate, were not much affected by inbreeding (delta0.4). Lack of genetic correlations indicated that ID in floral, early and late traits is genetically decoupled. There was a trend that the smaller population was less affected by ID than the large one, although the differences were not significant for most traits. Hence, evidence for purging of deleterious alleles remains inconclusive in this study. Genetic variation in ID among paternal families was statistically significant in most floral and all seed traits, but not in late fitness traits. However, some paternal families had delta
KW - Algorithms
KW - Crosses, Genetic
KW - Flowers
KW - Genetic Variation
KW - Genetics, Population
KW - Inbreeding
KW - Models, Genetic
KW - Phenotype
KW - Pollination
KW - Population Density
KW - Seeds
KW - Selection, Genetic
KW - Silene
U2 - 10.1038/hdy.2009.103
DO - 10.1038/hdy.2009.103
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 19690582
VL - 104
SP - 52
EP - 60
JO - Heredity
JF - Heredity
SN - 0018-067X
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 14023161