Genetic analysis of ecological relevant morphological variability in Plantago lanceolata L. IV Response and correlated response to bidirectional selection for leaf angle1
Genetic analysis of ecological relevant morphological variability in Plantago lanceolata L. IV Response and correlated response to bidirectional selection for leaf angle1
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车前子生态相关形态变异的遗传分析。 IV 叶角双向选择的响应和相关响应1
作者:
K. Wolff;W. Delden
Bidirectional selection for leaf angle was imposed for four generations in a population of Plantago lanceolata. A fifth generation was made by intra- and interline crosses. The population originated from an extremely wet hayfield with a high and dense vegetation. A high level of additive genetic variability was indicated by a realized heritability of 0·42. From the correlated responses realized coheritabilities and genetic correlations were calculated. Several genetic correlations, positive and negative, between leaf angle and other characters were found. The negative correlation of flowering date and leaf angle may retard further evolution of these correlated characters as this is the opposite of what the conditions in this habitat require, namely early flowering plants with a small leaf angle. The fifth generation crosses revealed a substantial directional dominance in the direction of smaller leaf angle.