A dynamic study of genotype-environment interaction with egg laying of Tribolium castaneum

Fernando Orozco
1976 Heredity  
Within-line family selection was carried out at an optimum (33°C) and two stress temperatures (28°C and 38°C) for increasing egg number laid by virgin females of Tribolium castaneum from the 7th to the 11th day after adult emergence. A control was maintained throughout the experiment. Two replicated lines were selected at each temperature and all selected lines were tested in each of the three environments. Direct and correlated responses to selection in different environments have been
more » ... in order to study implications of genotype-environment interaction on the selection outcome. Although selection at the optimum environment has been the most effective it did not confer the specialisation needed for performance in stress environments. However, selecting in adverse environments led to a broader range of performance over environments, which in one case (38°C) included the optimum one. The degree of adaptation to adverse environments was mainly determined by the magnitude of the genetic correlation between performances in the adverse and the optimum environments. The evolution of such correlations through selection has also been investigated. 157
doi:10.1038/hdy.1976.79 pmid:1068109 fatcat:uqvgb3b5gbevfbbq6gbsffxuoy