Abstract
Bi-directional selection was carried out in coisogenic stocks with and without mobilised P element transposons to determine whether P elements induce quantitative genetic variation for inebriation time in Drosophila. There was significant response to 11 generations of selection in both pairs of replicates of bi-directional selection from an isogenic base stock in which P elements had been mobilised. Conversely, there was no significant response to 11 generations of identical selection in the control lines derived from a relatively inbred line lacking P elements. Thus, P elements have induced quantitative genetic variation for inebriation time.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 317-320 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Theoretical and Applied Genetics |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 1991 |
Keywords
- Artificial selection
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Ethanol tolerance
- Quantitative character
- Transposon mutations