Indirect genetic effects and the lek paradox: inter-genotypic competition may strengthen genotype x environment interactions and conserve genetic variance

• Published in: Genetica Vol. 136; no. 1; pp. 27 - 36
• Main Authors: Danielson-François, Anne M, Zhou, Yihong, Greenfield, Michael D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.05.2009
• Subjects: Achroia grisella; Animals; Biological Evolution; Environment; evolution; Female; foods; genetic variance; Genetic Variation; genetics; Genotype; genotype-environment interaction; larvae; Male; Mating Preference, Animal; Moths; Moths - genetics; rearing; Vocalization, Animal

Understanding the evolutionary mechanisms that maintain genetic variation in natural populations is one of the fundamental goals of evolutionary biology. There is growing evidence that genotype-by-environment interaction (G x E) can maintain additive genetic variance (V A), but we lack information o...