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HEREDITY
卷 87, 期 -, 页码 410-420出版社
BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00933.x
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artificial selection; Bicyclus anynana; phenotypic plasticity; reaction norms; seasonal polyphenism; wing pattern
The tropical butterfly Bicyclus anynana shows adaptive phenotypic plasticity in response to wet-dry seasonality. The wet season form (WSF) has a conspicuous wing pattern with large eyespots, whereas the dry season form (DSF) lacks eyespots and therefore has a more cryptic appearance. Temperature is the main factor controlling this difference: rearing larvae at a low (<19C) temperature in the laboratory results in the DSF. whereas rearing at a high (>23 degreesC) temperature induces the WSF. We applied truncation selection in opposite directions in successive generations reared at two alternating temperatures (18.5 degreesC and 23.5 degreesC) to increase (for two High Plasticity (HP) lines), and decrease (for two Low Plasticity (LP) lines) wing pattern plasticity. Plasticity was assessed by partitioning full-sib families over four rearing temperatures (18.5 degreesC, 20.5 degreesC, 21.5 degreesC and 23.5 degreesC). Several wing pattern elements were measured for which the first principal component (PC1) provides a useful summary. The slopes of reaction norms for PC1 were significantly steeper in the HP lines than in the LP lines; however. the selection lines did not always differ significantly from the unselected stock. The results of crosses between the replicates of the selection lines gave no indication For effects or inbreeding. We argue that high. positive genetic correlations across temperatures retard a response to selection in opposite directions in different environments. This is discussed with respect to potential evolutionary constraints in natural populations in these butterflies.
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