Dominance Genetic Variance for Traits Under Directional Selection in Drosophila serrata

• Published in: Genetics (Austin) Vol. 200; no. 1; pp. 371 - 384
• Main Authors: Sztepanacz, Jacqueline L, Blows, Mark W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Genetics Society of America 01.05.2015
• Subjects: Animals; Breeding; Drosophila - genetics; Drosophila serrata; Genes, Dominant; Genetic variance; Genetic Variation; Genetics; Genotype & phenotype; Insects; Investigations; Models, Genetic; Quantitative Trait, Heritable; Selection, Genetic; dominance; animal model; genetic variance; fitness

In contrast to our growing understanding of patterns of additive genetic variance in single- and multi-trait combinations, the relative contribution of nonadditive genetic variance, particularly dominance variance, to multivariate phenotypes is largely unknown. While mechanisms for the evolution of...