A model for the specific pairing of homologous double-stranded nucleic acid molecules during genetic recombination.

abstract：:Genetic architecture and phenotypic plasticity are important considerations when studying trait variation within and among populations. Since environmental change can induce shifts in the genetic architecture and plasticity of traits, it is important to consider both genetic and environmental sources of phenotypic var...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Venney CJ,Wellband KW,Heath DD

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of nuclear genealogies in natural populations of nonmodel organisms is expected to provide novel insights into the evolutionary history of populations, especially when developed in the framework of well-established mtDNA phylogeographical scenarios. In the Iberian Peninsula, the endemic Schreiber's green liz...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Godinho R,Mendonça B,Crespo EG,Ferrand N

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a study of fine-scale spatial genetic structure (SGS) and assess the impact of seed and pollen dispersal on the pattern of genetic diversity in the predominantly selfing Hordeum spontaneum. The study included (1) direct measurement of dispersal in a controlled environment, and (2) analyses of SGS and estima...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Volis S,Zaretsky M,Shulgina I

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:Alcohol dehydrogenase activity has been measured in 186 iso-second chromosome lines--104 from seven Australian populations and 82 from six Chinese populations. Restriction endonuclease variation in the Adh gene region in these lines has previously been described (Jiang & Gibson, 1991). The mean ADH activity of AdhF an...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Jiang JC,Gibson JB

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P elements, both complete and incomplete, contain a left and right end, normally depicted as pointing away from each other. Here, we examine the properties of P elements that may be described as 're-arranged elements' or 'inside-out elements', containing inverted ends. Two such structures exist, having either ends poi...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Liang X,Sved JA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many traits including shapes and colors of flowers, fruits and seeds in plants, as well as coat colors and some behavioral properties in animals, are recorded in discrete categories. If categories are ordered, genetic analyses of the categorical traits are often performed using the threshold model, which considers a l...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Hayashi T,Awata T

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant breeders are supported by a range of tools that assist them to make decisions about the conduct or design of plant breeding programs. Simulations are a strategic tool that enables the breeder to integrate the multiple components of a breeding program into a number of proposed scenarios that are compared by a ran...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Hoyos-Villegas V,Arief VN,Yang WH,Sun M,DeLacy IH,Barrett BA,Jahufer Z,Basford KE

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

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：:Understanding the breeding system and population genetic structure of invasive weed species is important for biocontrol, and contributes to our understanding of the evolutionary processes associated with invasions. Hieracium lepidulum is an invasive weed in New Zealand, colonising a diverse range of habitats including...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Chapman H,Robson B,Pearson ML

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long series of studies on mice has shown that mate choice decisions can be made on the basis of individual genotype at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), which accords well with the importance of immunocompetence in some theories of sexual selection. Recent work on other vertebrate species, including humans...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Jordan WC,Bruford MW

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequences of ITS1 of the internal transcribed spacer regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA from 11 species or subspecies in four sections of the genus Beta were compared. Phylogeny of these wild beet taxa was inferred from the sequence data using phenetic and phylogenetic analyses. Multiple accessions from the same 11 ...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Shen Y,Ford-Lloyd BV,Newbury HJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a new model for mating system analysis, which attempts to distinguish among alternative modes of self-oriented mating within populations. This model jointly estimates the rates of outcrossing, selfing, automixis and apomixis, through the use of information in the family structure given by dominant ge...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Thompson SL,Ritland K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) techniques to design two genetic markers for blue mussels in the Mytilus edulis species complex. Both of these markers target the gene encoding the mussel polyphenolic adhesive protein. The first marker, Glu-5', is hig...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Rawson PD,Joyner KL,Meetze K,Hilbish TJ

更新日期：1996-12-01 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：:Understanding the evolution of female multiple mating (polyandry) is crucial for understanding sexual selection and sexual conflict. Despite this interest, little is known about its genetic basis or whether genetics influences the evolutionary origin or maintenance of polyandry. Here, we explore the quantitative genet...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Shuker DM,Phillimore AJ,Burton-Chellew MN,Hodge SE,West SA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field of ecological genomics seeks to understand the genetic mechanisms underlying responses of organisms to their natural environments. This is being achieved through the application of functional genomic approaches to identify and characterize genes with ecological and evolutionary relevance. By its very nature,...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Ungerer MC,Johnson LC,Herman MA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the local and regional patterns of species distributions has been a major goal of ecological and evolutionary research. The notion that these patterns can be understood through simple quantitative rules is attractive, but while numerous scaling laws exist (e.g., metabolic, fractals), we are aware of no s...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Bangert RK,Lonsdorf EV,Wimp GM,Shuster SM,Fischer D,Schweitzer JA,Allan GJ,Bailey JK,Whitham TG

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight spontaneous alterations modifying the hybridization banding pattern of six families of transposable elements (297, Foldback, copia, jockey, P and hobo) have been fixed in a set of mutation-accumulation lines of Drosophila melanogaster. Their effect on fitness has been studied by competition with the origi...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Albornoz J,Domínguez A

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing attention has been paid to the maternally inherited microbes that are capable of manipulating the reproduction of their hosts for their own benefit. Although several studies have revealed that the host genotype can affect the intensity of the manipulation, the underlying genetic basis is poorly understood. ...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Kageyama D,Anbutsu H,Shimada M,Fukatsu T

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the degree of temporal stability of population genetic structure and composition is important for understanding microevolutionary processes and addressing issues of human impact of natural populations. We know little about how representative single samples in time are to reflect population genetic constit...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Charlier J,Laikre L,Ryman N

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:A total of 76 sweet cherry genotypes were screened with 34 microsatellite primer pairs previously developed in peach. Amplification of SSR loci was obtained for 24 of the microsatellite primer pairs, and 14 of them produced polymorphic amplification patterns. On the basis of polymorphism and quality of amplification, ...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Wünsch A,Hormaza JI

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultural transmission may depend on the non-genetic transfer of information from parent to offspring. The consequences of such cultural transmission for continuous variation are investigated theoretically for randomly mating populations. Cultural inheritance may act on genetical and environmental differences between i...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Eaves L

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation was studied in quantitative traits and molecular markers in six natural Scandinavian populations of Arabidopsis thaliana. Only two of the populations had several molecular marker haplotypes and significant between-family variance components in quantitative traits. There was no genetic variation in th...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Kuittinen H,Mattila A,Savolainen O

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:Natural populations of the arctic fox (Alopex lagopus, Canidae, Carnivora) differ drastically in their reproductive strategy. Coastal foxes, which depend on stable food resources, produce litters of moderate size. Inland foxes feed on small rodents, whose populations are characterized by cycling fluctuation. In the ye...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Axenovich TI,Zorkoltseva IV,Akberdin IR,Beketov SV,Kashtanov SN,Zakharov IA,Borodin PM

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the importance of competition as an evolutionary determinant in natural populations there have been few studies of the genetical control of competitive ability. Here, we report the results of a biometrical analysis of four continuously varying traits which, between them, describe the competitive interactions i...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Hemmat M,Eggleston P

更新日期：1990-04-01 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：:Araucaria araucana (Monkey Puzzle), a southern South American tree species of exceptional cultural and economic importance, is of conservation concern owing to extensive historical clearance and current human pressures. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used to characterise genetic heterogeneity wit...

journal_title：Heredity

authors： Bekessy SA,Allnutt TR,Premoli AC,Lara A,Ennos RA,Burgman MA,Cortes M,Newton AC

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00