realized genetic parameters following selection in tribolium castaneum in two environments遗传参数来实现在两种有害castaneum的选择环境.pdfVIP

REALIZED GENETIC PARAMETERS FOLLOWING SELECTION IN TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM IN TWO ENVIRONMENTS G. W. FRIARS, B. N. NAYAK J. F. HURNIK Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada SUMMARY Heritabilities and genetic correlations were estimated in a population of iboliumyTcasta- neum, where larva weight and offspring number were measured in one base and eight selected generations. Control lines (each represented by 50 single-pair matings) and lines selected for larva weight or offspring number (each represented by 25 single-pair matings) were replicated twice in both a wet and a dry environment. The results indicated a decline over generations in the realized heritability of larva weight in both the wet and dry environments. The realized genetic correlations between larva weight in the wet as opposed to the dry environment indicated that genotypes affecting this trait were not specific to either environment. The realized genetic correlations between larva weight and offspring number were positive and decreasing under selection in the wet environment. By contrast, in the dry environment, the estimates of this realized correlation were near zero and increasing slightly under selection. The simultaneous improvement of more than one trait in animal or plant populations has prompted wide use of different versions of the selection index as formulated by HAZEL 943).(iEstimates of parameters represented by either genetic correlations and heritabilities or by genetic and phenotypic variances and cova- riances are needed in constructing such indexes. The model of ERNERL indicated that selection would tend to decrease 1958)( pos