ISSN:
1573-6857
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract A bulk-hybrid population of barley (CC-XXI) was investigated for changes over a period of six generations, in (1) generation means and variances for three quantitative characters (2) phenotypic and genotypic frequencies at several marker loci and (3) the components of selection at several life cycle stages (germination and seedling survival, fertility, fecundity) for the dominant-recessive phenotypic classes at three of the above loci. The changes in mean and variance for the quantitative characters appeared to be due to both directional and stabilizing types of selection. The estimates of selective values from frequency data suggested heterozygote advantage along with unequal homozygote fitnesses at locuss and heterozygote disadvantage at locibl, r andv, from computations based on higher outcrossing rates in the presence of male-steriles. Of the components studied, fertility and fecundity appeared to account for a larger portion of the total selective differential than the pre-adult stages (germination and seedling establishment). Net selective values based on component analysis approximated the selective values obtained from the frequency data for locusr. For locis, andv, however, the two estimates were often quite different, although they generally agreed in direction. The discrepancies between the two sets of estimates were discussed in terms of the complexity of overall measures of fitness.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01507467
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