phenotypic plasticity of body pigmentation in drosophila correlated variations between segments之间的表型可塑性变异果蝇体内色素的相关部分.pdfVIP

Original article Phenotypic plasticity of body pigmentation in Drosophila: correlated variations between segments Patricia Gibert Brigitte Moreteau Samuel M. Scheiner Jean R. David a Laboratoire populations, génétique et évolution, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France b Department of Life Sciences, Arizona State University West, P.O. Box 37100, Phoenix AZ 85069, USA (Received 8 September 1997 ; accepted 22 January 1998) Abstract - Phenotypic plasticity of body pigmentation (the last three abdominal segments and the mesothorax) was investigated as a function of growth temperature in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans. Two populations of each species were analysed, from two French localities with different climatic conditions. For each population, ten isofemale lines were reared at temperatures ranging from 14 to 31 °C. Two methods were used and compared to estimate genetic correlations (rg) between segments, a simple method using directly the family mean values m)(rand a theoretically better method correcting variances and covariances for family size ).c(rBoth methods produced very similar data but the first one (rI) was preferred because it allowed an estimate of rg in all cases. Genetic and phenotypic correlations decreased regularly with distance between body segments, revealing an antero-posterior gradient: the extension of dark pigmentation is determined by increasingly different genetic systems in more distant segments. Genetic correlations were substantially larger than phenotypic correlations, in opposition to Cheverud’s conjecture, although the two sets of values were highly correlated.