Environmental stress and quantitative genetic variation in butterfly wing characteristics
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- Willem Talloen, Stefan Van Dongen, Hans Van Dyck and Luc Lens (UGent)
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- Butterfly wing characteristics are extensively used as model system in studies of development, quantitative genetics and phenotypic plasticity. In spite of its evolutionary relevance, however, the effect of stress on the expression of genetic variation itself has only rarely been studied. In this paper, we explore genetic variation of wing characteristics of the Speckled wood Pararge aegeria along a host plant drought stress gradient. Forewing area, basal and distal degree of melanization and the area of five yellow wing spots were measured. We found an increase in (additive) genetic variation in degree of melanization at higher drought stress, and a similar, yet non-significant, relationship for forewing size. As a result, both the upper limits of the narrow-sense heritability and the coefficient of additive genetic variation of wing size and melanization increased with drought stress. Patterns for the different yellow wing spots were less consistent, suggesting trait-specificity in the relationships between genetic variation and environmental stress.
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-882295
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- Talloen, Willem, et al. “Environmental Stress and Quantitative Genetic Variation in Butterfly Wing Characteristics.” Evolutionary Ecology, vol. 23, 2009, pp. 473–85, doi:10.1007/s10682-008-9246-4.
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- Talloen, W., Van Dongen, S., Van Dyck, H., & Lens, L. (2009). Environmental stress and quantitative genetic variation in butterfly wing characteristics. Evolutionary Ecology, 23, 473–485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-008-9246-4
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- Talloen, Willem, Stefan Van Dongen, Hans Van Dyck, and Luc Lens. 2009. “Environmental Stress and Quantitative Genetic Variation in Butterfly Wing Characteristics.” Evolutionary Ecology 23: 473–85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-008-9246-4.
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- Talloen, Willem, Stefan Van Dongen, Hans Van Dyck, and Luc Lens. 2009. “Environmental Stress and Quantitative Genetic Variation in Butterfly Wing Characteristics.” Evolutionary Ecology 23: 473–485. doi:10.1007/s10682-008-9246-4.
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- 1.Talloen W, Van Dongen S, Van Dyck H, Lens L. Environmental stress and quantitative genetic variation in butterfly wing characteristics. Evolutionary Ecology. 2009;23:473–85.
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- [1]W. Talloen, S. Van Dongen, H. Van Dyck, and L. Lens, “Environmental stress and quantitative genetic variation in butterfly wing characteristics,” Evolutionary Ecology, vol. 23, pp. 473–485, 2009.
@article{882295,
abstract = {{Butterfly wing characteristics are extensively used as model system in studies of development, quantitative genetics and phenotypic plasticity. In spite of its evolutionary relevance, however, the effect of stress on the expression of genetic variation itself has only rarely been studied. In this paper, we explore genetic variation of wing characteristics of the Speckled wood Pararge aegeria along a host plant drought stress gradient. Forewing area, basal and distal degree of melanization and the area of five yellow wing spots were measured. We found an increase in (additive) genetic variation in degree of melanization at higher drought stress, and a similar, yet non-significant, relationship for forewing size. As a result, both the upper limits of the narrow-sense heritability and the coefficient of additive genetic variation of wing size and melanization increased with drought stress. Patterns for the different yellow wing spots were less consistent, suggesting trait-specificity in the relationships between genetic variation and environmental stress.}},
author = {{Talloen, Willem and Van Dongen, Stefan and Van Dyck, Hans and Lens, Luc}},
issn = {{0269-7653}},
journal = {{Evolutionary Ecology}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{473--485}},
title = {{Environmental stress and quantitative genetic variation in butterfly wing characteristics}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-008-9246-4}},
volume = {{23}},
year = {{2009}},
}
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