Genomic dissection of variation in clutch size and egg mass in a wild great tit (Parus major) population

• Published in: Molecular ecology Vol. 22; no. 15; pp. 3949 - 3962
• Main Authors: Santure, Anna W., De Cauwer, Isabelle, Robinson, Matthew R., Poissant, Jocelyn, Sheldon, Ben C., Slate, Jon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2013; Blackwell; Wiley
• Subjects: Animals; association study; Aves; Biological and medical sciences; Biological evolution; Bird populations; Birds; Clutch size; Clutch Size - genetics; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene mapping; Genetic Markers; Genetic Variation; Genetics; Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution; Genetics, Population; Genome - genetics; Genome-Wide Association Study; Genomics; Genotype; Life history; life history evolution; Life Sciences; Natural populations; Ovum; Parus major; Passeriformes - genetics; Phenotype; Phenotypic variations; Polymorphism; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Population genetics; Population genetics, reproduction patterns; Populations and Evolution; QTL mapping; Quantitative genetics; Quantitative Trait Loci - genetics; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Genetic mapping; Life history; Egg; Genomics; Clutch size; life history evolution; QTL mapping; Quantitative genetics; Mass; Vertebrata; association study; Aves; Parus major; quantitative genetics; genomics

Clutch size and egg mass are life history traits that have been extensively studied in wild bird populations, as life history theory predicts a negative trade‐off between them, either at the phenotypic or at the genetic level. Here, we analyse the genomic architecture of these heritable traits in a...