Developmental stability in constant and fluctuating temperatures
Developmental stability in constant and fluctuating temperatures
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DOI:
10.1038/hdy.1960.38
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发表时间:
1960-01-01
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影响因子:
3.8
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BEARDMORE, JOHN A.
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作者:
BEARDMORE, JOHN A.
In constant temperature conditions (25[degree]C), Lomeostasis as measured by the mean asymmetry of the sternopleural chaetae was superior in the F1 hybrids to that in the inbred lines Oregon and Samarkand of Drosophila melanogaster. The F1's also showed heterosis in egg-adult viability. In an environment fluctuating diurnally 20T/30cC/20[degree]C/..(Mean 25[degree]C) the F1's were no more homeo-static (symmetrical) than the inbreds but were significantly more viable. The fact that F1's are more symmetrical than their inbred parents in constant 25[degree]C. than in the variable environment can be accounted for by either the dominance of genes affecting chaeta number varying in the fluctuating environment or better co-operation between the two halves of an F1 genotype in constant than in fluctuating conditions consequent upon both halves being derived from parents themselves long adapted to constant 25[degree]C conditions. The contributions of bilateral symmetry and egg-adult viability to total Darwinian fitness are of different order, the symmetry component being smaller (though not negligible). This difference is reflected in the number of genetic combinations giving the desirable phenotype for each character and in the response of particular genotypes in different environments. Second generation -descendants of two wild-captured females of different origin and crosses between these displayed less asymmetry under fluctuating temperature conditions than under constant temperature. After 15 generations in the laboratory this difference was no longer evident in descendants of the wild flies. Hence wild populations are presumed to carry gene complexes buffering development under conditions of fluctuating temperature. Such genetic architecture is a product of natural selection and appears to be destroyed in populations maintained under constant temperature constant temperature conditions. Taken together these results indicate the necessity for caution in predicting what may happen in natural populations from laboratory data. || ABSTRACT AUTHORS: Author