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Realized heritability of behavioral responsiveness to an oviposition deterring pheromone in the azuki bean weevil Callosobruchus chinensis
Author(s) -
Tanaka Yoshinari
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
entomologia experimentalis et applicata
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.765
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1570-7458
pISSN - 0013-8703
DOI - 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00702.x
Subject(s) - callosobruchus chinensis , biology , pheromone , heritability , weevil , selection (genetic algorithm) , callosobruchus maculatus , curculionidae , sex pheromone , pest analysis , botany , horticulture , zoology , evolutionary biology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Artificial selection was conducted to reduce the behavioral responsiveness of female bruchid beetles, Callosobruchus chinensis , to the oviposition deterring pheromone excreted by conspecific females. Significant responses to selection were observed after two generations of selection. Realized heritability was estimated as 0.052 ± 0.017 from cumulative responses regressed on cumulative selection differentials. These results indicate that this pheromone communication system has significant additive genetic variance needed for its evolution.