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A Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis of Natural Genetic Variation for Drosophila melanogaster Oxidative Stress Survival

Author(s) -

Yue Wang

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of heredity

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1471-8505

pISSN - 0022-1503

DOI - 10.1093/jhered/esl009

Subject(s) - biology , quantitative trait locus , longevity , genetics , drosophila melanogaster , oxidative stress , inbred strain , trait , population , genetic variation , gene , endocrinology , demography , computer science , programming language , sociology

Little is known about natural genetic variation for survival under oxidative stress conditions or whether genetic variation for oxidative stress survival is associated with that for life-history traits. We have investigated survival in a high-oxygen environment at 2 adult densities using a set of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) isolated from a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster. Female and male oxidative stress survival was highly correlated. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for oxidative stress survival were identified on both autosomes. These QTLs were sometimes sex or density specific but were most often not. QTLs were identified that colocalize to the same region of the genome as longevity in other studies using the same set of RILs. We also determined early-age egg production and found QTLs for this trait, but there was no support for an association between oxidative stress survival and egg production.

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