polygenic control of an all-or-none morphological trait in euplotes (ciliata, hypotrichea). evolutionary significance of naturally occurring morphological variation in ciliates在游仆虫属多基因控制的动静极限的形态特征(ciliata hypotrichea)。.pdfVIP

Original article Polygenic control of an all-or-none morphological trait in Euplotes (Ciliata, Hypotrichea). Evolutionary significance of naturally occurring morphological variation in Ciliates J Génermont C Demar, G Fryd-Versavel, H Tuffrau, M Taffau Université de Paris-Sud, Laboratoire de Biologie Evolutive et Dynamique des Populations, Bât 446, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France (Received 7 October 1991; accepted 30 January 1992) Summary - A hereditary abnormality is described in Euplotes crassus, consisting of disturbances of the ventral somatic ciliary pattern, as a result of alterations of the development of primordia of frontoventral and transverse cirri. A breeding analysis was performed, the results of which are not consistent with monofactorial Mendelian determination, thus permitting the consideration of an alternative hypothesis of polygenic control. From a survey of presently known spontaneously occurring variants in Ciliates, it is inferred that some apparently minor changes which take place in the course of morphological divergence between related species probably cannot be accounted for by fixation of a low number ofmutations, but require somemore complexgenetic repatterning. ciliary pattern / Euplotes / polygenic inheritance / speciation / threshold character Résumé - Déterminisme polygénique d’un caractère morphologique chez toutrienou-- Euplotes (Ciliés Hypotriches). Signification évolutive de la variabilité morphologique naturelle chez les Ciliés. Un clone présentant une anomalie morphologique a été isolé d’une population de laboratoire constituée en vue de perpétuer une importante variabilité génétique. S