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The effects of population size and selection intensity in selection for a quantitative character in Drosophila: I. Short-term response to selection

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. The response to selection for increased number of bristles on one abdominal segment was studied over 12 generations using a factorial design of three population sizes (10, 20 and 40 pairs of parents) and five selection intensities (10, 20, 40, 80% and controls).

2. The responses on the average agreed well with those expected from the estimated base population heritability, but individual replicates diverged considerably.

3. Larger populations tended to give greater response to selection, due mainly to larger realized heritabilities.

4. There was no consistent effect of selection intensity on realized heritability.

5. For populations with the same number of individuals scored, less intense selection gave greater realized heritabilities.

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Genetics Research , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , December 1968 , pp. 237 - 248
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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