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Heritability estimates of life history traits in small white butterfly Pieris rapae crucivora
Author(s) -
Tanaka Yoshinari
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
population ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1438-390X
pISSN - 1438-3896
DOI - 10.1007/bf02513557
Subject(s) - pieris rapae , biology , butterfly , heritability , fecundity , white (mutation) , pupa , zoology , pieridae , ecology , lepidoptera genitalia , evolutionary biology , genetics , larva , demography , gene , population , sociology
Summary Heritabilities and genetic correlations of life history characters (pupal weight, age‐specific fecundities, and egg weight) of small white butterfly Pieris rapae crucivora are estimated by a quantitative genetic method (sib analysis). The results indicate moderate or high heritabilities and a largely negative genetic correaltion in age‐specific fecundities.