The origin of a double insertion of homogeneously staining regions in the house mouse (Mus musculus musculus).

abstract：:A parallel study of the genetic structure of two oligophagous species associated with the same hosts was conducted to determine the main factors shaping the distribution of genetic diversity. The bark beetle Tomicus piniperda and the pine processionary moth (PPM) Thaumetopoea pityocampa are both associated with the ge...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Kerdelhué C,Magnoux E,Lieutier F,Roques A,Rousselet J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantitative genetic properties are derived for the bulk F2 originating from random fertilization (RF) amongst hybrid (F1) individuals. Only its mean appears to have been derived previously, and that definition is confirmed (by another method). New general equations are found also for all genotype frequencies, all...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Gordon IL

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolism is a key determinant of plant growth and modulates plant adaptive responses. Increased metabolic variation due to heterozygosity may be beneficial for highly homozygous plants if their progeny is to respond to sudden changes in the habitat. Here, we investigate the extent to which heterozygosity contributes...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Rodriguez Cubillos AE,Tong H,Alseekh S,de Abreu E Lima F,Yu J,Fernie AR,Nikoloski Z,Laitinen RAE

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comprehensive long-term studies of isolated populations provide valuable comparative data that may be used to evaluate different methods for quantifying the relationship between genetic diversity and fitness. Here, we report on data collected from large and well-characterized cohorts of the two numerically dominant sp...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Markert JA,Grant PR,Grant BR,Keller LF,Coombs JL,Petren K

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The theoretical impacts of anthropogenic habitat degradation on genetic resources have been well articulated. Here we use a simulation approach to assess the magnitude of expected genetic change, and review 31 studies of 23 neotropical tree species to assess whether empirical case studies conform to theory. Major diff...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Lowe AJ,Boshier D,Ward M,Bacles CF,Navarro C

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome and body sizes were measured in 38 species of turbellarian flatworms and 16 species of copepod crustaceans. Significant positive relationships existed between genome size and body size in both groups. The slopes of these regressions indicated that increases in cell volume are reinforced by increased cell number...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Gregory TR,Hebert PD,Kolasa J

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of selection on patterns of genetic structure within and between populations may be studied by contrasting observed patterns at the genes targeted by selection with those of unlinked neutral marker loci. Local directional selection on target genes will produce stronger population genetic structure than at n...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Leducq JB,Llaurens V,Castric V,Saumitou-Laprade P,Hardy OJ,Vekemans X

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atlantic Coast striped bass exhibit exceptionally low levels of genetic variation. The ability of the randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method to uncover genetic variation in this highly conserved species was investigated. Sufficient levels of variation were detected to allow a population genetic analysis of t...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Bielawski JP,Pumo DE

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geographical range is considered a good predictor of the levels of isozyme variation in plants. Widespread species, often consisting of historically larger and more continuous populations, maintain higher polymorphism and are less affected by drift, which tends to erode genetic variation in more geographically restric...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Premoli AC,Souto CP,Allnutt TR,Newton AC

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neotropical fish, Hoplias malabaricus, is well known for its population-specific karyotypic diversity and the variation of its sex chromosomes. Seven karyomorphs (A to G) have been previously described with an XY, X(1)X(2)Y and XY(1)Y(2) sex chromosome system found in karyomorphs B, D and G, respectively. We compa...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Cioffi MB,Bertollo LA

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transport of desert soil into the atmosphere during desert sandstorms can affect the Earth's climate and environmental health. Asian desert sandstorms occur almost every year during the Spring, as the atmosphere in the Northern hemisphere warms. It is conceivable that these Asian desert sandstorms may transport mi...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： An S,Sin HH,DuBow MS

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic diversity and differentiation were studied in Corrigiola litoralis L., an annual plant species growing on seasonally flooded river banks. Plant species that are restricted to river systems may consist of highly isolated populations. For this species, pronounced genetic differentiation among rivers was expected...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Durka W

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In social Hymenoptera, within-colony relatedness is usually high due to the haplodiploid sex-determining system. However, factors such as the presence of multiple reproductive queens (polygyny), multiple queen matings (polyandry) or worker reproduction result in decreased relatedness among workers and the brood they r...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Timmermans I,Hefetz A,Fournier D,Aron S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of transposable elements can be induced by environmental and population factors and in particular by stresses in various organisms. A consequence of the increase in transposable element mobility is the creation of new genetic variability that can be useful in the face of stressful conditions. In this revi...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Capy P,Gasperi G,Biémont C,Bazin C

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigmentation is one of the most variable traits within and between Drosophila species. Much of this diversity appears to be adaptive, with environmental factors often invoked as selective forces. Here, we describe the geographic structure of pigmentation in Drosophila americana and evaluate the hypothesis that it is a...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Wittkopp PJ,Smith-Winberry G,Arnold LL,Thompson EM,Cooley AM,Yuan DC,Song Q,McAllister BF

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective population size over a generation (Ne) or over a reproductive cycle (Nb) and the adult census size (Nc) are important parameters in both conservation and evolutionary biology. Ne provides information regarding the rate of loss of genetic diversity and can be tracked back in time to infer demographic history ...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Ferchaud AL,Perrier C,April J,Hernandez C,Dionne M,Bernatchez L

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examine seven geographically separate subpopulations of Heliconius charithonia, a butterfly with well-documented home range behaviour, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, for genetic differentiation using cellulose acetate electrophoresis. These subpopulations exhibit little genetic variation (percent polymorphic loci =...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Kronforst MR,Fleming TH

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolbachia is an intracellular endosymbiont that induces a variety of reproductive alterations in diverse arthropods. The almond moth, Cadra cautella, is double infected with two Wolbachia variants, wCauA and wCauB, and expresses complete cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). The individual contribution of wCauA and wCauB ...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Sasaki T,Massaki N,Kubo T

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The equal probability of transmission of alleles from either parent during sexual reproduction is a central tenet of genetics and evolutionary biology. Yet, there are many cases where this rule is violated. The preferential transmission of alleles or genotypes is termed transmission ratio distortion (TRD). Examples of...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Seymour DK,Chae E,Arioz BI,Koenig D,Weigel D

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arctic-alpine plants have enormous ranges in the Northern Hemisphere. Phylogeographic studies have provided insights into their glacial survival as well as their postglacial colonization history. However, our understanding of the population dynamics of disjunct alpine populations in temperate regions remains limited. ...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Ikeda H,Sakaguchi S,Yakubov V,Barkalov V,Setoguchi H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many first-generation interspecific hybrids between the five species of the Drosophila virilis subgroup are fertile. Fertile hybrids can be utilized in the analysis of sterile hybrids, by creating new combinations of genetic elements to identify cross-incompatible chromosomes or chromosome segments. Here, crosses star...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Heikkinen E,Lumme J

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conditional average frequency of rare alleles has been shown in simulations to provide a simple and robust estimator of the number of individuals exchanged between local populations in an island model (Nm). This statistic is defined as the average frequency of an allele in those samples in which the allele is pres...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Barton NH,Slatkin M

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitic wasps (parasitoids) use volatiles from the plants infested by phytophagous insects to locate host herbivores, but their behavioural response to such semiochemicals is highly variable. Bi-directional selection on Cotesia glomerata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) was conducted to investigate the importance of geneti...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Wang Q,Gu H,Dorn S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent molecular genetic analyses of Drosophila melanogaster and mouse central nervous system (CNS) development revealed strikingly similar genetic patterning mechanisms in the formation of the insect and vertebrate brain. Thus, in both insects and vertebrates, the correct regionalization and neuronal identity of the ...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Lichtneckert R,Reichert H

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sperm competition is a potent evolutionary force shaping the reproductive biology of most animal species. Here, we estimated the heritability of sperm competition success in the promiscuous bulb mite Rhizoglyphus robini. Sperm competition success was measured with the sterile male technique as the proportion of eggs f...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Konior M,Keller L,Radwan J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding genetic mechanisms of self-incompatibility (SI) and how they evolve is central to understanding the mating behaviour of most outbreeding angiosperms. Sporophytic SI (SSI) is controlled by a single multi-allelic locus, S, which is expressed in the diploid (sporophyte) plant to determine the SI phenotype o...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Brennan AC,Tabah DA,Harris SA,Hiscock SJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations into the genetic basis of reproductive barriers among recognized and putative varieties in Phacelia dubia have provided evidence that even among closely related taxa, multiple pathways can lead to reproductive isolation. A nuclear-based reproductive barrier, expressed as partial hybrid sterility of both...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Levy F

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crop modelling has so far contributed little to the genetic analysis of a quantitative trait. This study illustrates how a simple model for crop phenological development, which assumes that crop development rate is affected by daily effective temperature, can assist the identification of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs)...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Yin X,Kropff MJ,Stam P

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we report the development and characterization of 10 microsatellite loci for the endangered tree species Caryocar brasiliense. Using genomic library enrichment, the efficiency of SSR marker development was 14.4% from sequencing data to operationally useful loci. Primer sequences for this set of 10 loci ar...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Collevatti RG,Brondani RV,Grattapaglia D

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of three putative QTL for upper thermal tolerance (UTT) was examined in two strains of outbred rainbow trout unselected for this trait using simple-sequence repeat (SSR; microsatellite) markers associated with UTT in backcrosses of lines selected on this trait. Two-way diallel lots in the third generati...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Perry GM,Danzmann RG,Ferguson MM,Gibson JP

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00