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Changes in genetic architecture during relaxation in Drosophila melanogaster selected on divergent virgin life span
Author(s) -
VERMEULEN C. J.,
BIJLSMA R.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of evolutionary biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.289
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1420-9101
pISSN - 1010-061X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00972.x
Subject(s) - biology , drosophila melanogaster , selection (genetic algorithm) , longevity , genetic architecture , pleiotropy , evolutionary biology , life span , adaptation (eye) , reproduction , replicate , melanogaster , drosophila (subgenus) , genetics , phenotype , gene , statistics , artificial intelligence , mathematics , neuroscience , computer science
Artificial selection experiments often confer important information on the genetic correlations constraining the evolution of life history. After artificial selection has ceased however, selection pressures in the culture environment can change the correlation matrix again. Here, we reinvestigate direct and correlated responses in a set of lines of Drosophila melanogaster that were selected on virgin life span and for which selection has been relaxed for 10 years. The decrease in progeny production in long‐lived lines, a strong indication of antagonistic pleiotropy, had disappeared during relaxation. This was associated with a higher cost of reproduction to long‐lived flies in mated, but not in virgin life span. These data strongly suggest that genetic mechanisms of mated and virgin life span determination are partly independent. Furthermore, data on body weight, developmental time and viability indicated deleterious effects of longevity selection in either direction, giving rise to a nonlinear relationship with life span for these characters. In order to reclaim original patterns, we founded a new set of derived lines by resuming selection in mixed replicate lines of the original set. Although selection was successful, most patterns in correlated characters remained, showing that these new patterns are resistant to new episodes of selection.

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