scholarly journals Genotype × environment interaction in Tribolium castaneum

1964 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Kidwell ◽  
A. E. Freeman ◽  
L. H. Haverland ◽  
G. M. H. Rolfes
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Tribolium Castaneum ◽  
Total Variance ◽  
Direct Selection ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Breeding Values ◽  
Genotype Environment Interaction ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Selection For ◽  
C 30

An experiment was conducted with the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum to investigate genotype-environment interaction. Ninety-two matings of one male and three females were made at random from a large panmictic population. The females were transferred to individual containers after 4 days. Six daughters were randomly selected from each sire–dam pair and individually mated to unrelated males. Three of the six were placed in an incubator (33·3°C., 45% relative humidity) and three in a cabinet at room conditions (22·2–26·7°C., 30–35% relative humidity) and allowed to produce eggs during a 3-day period. Progeny were counted as pupae and larvae. The traits studied were number of pupae and number of pupae plus number of larvae. A transformation to (X +1)½ was required. A conventional least-squares model was employed, and a large environmental effect was observed. In the incubator the mean number of pupae was 13·4 and of pupae + larvae was 20·1 while the corresponding figures for room conditions were 3·3 and 9·2. Genotype-environment interaction accounted for 3·7 to 6·7% of the total variance for (pupae + 1)½ and 2·1 to 8·3% for (pupae + larvae+ 1)½. Heritability of the traits was essentially the same in both environments. The interaction was due to an increasing difference between environments in production associated with increasing breeding values of the sire, and to small changes in rank of breeding values on the two environments. As a result of the interaction, selection in one environment for production on the other would be expected to be only 71 to 72% as effective as direct selection for (pupae + 1)½ and 62 to 86% for (pupae + larvae + 1)½ even though the fraction of the total variance attributed to genotype-environmental interaction was less than 10%.

Genetic parameters and provenenance variation of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis in 48 international trials

2001 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 496-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
G R Hodge ◽  
W S Dvorak
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Genetic Parameters ◽  
Volume Growth ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Pinus Caribaea ◽  
Genotype Environment Interaction ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Similar Growth ◽  
Better Than

A total of 23 provenances or sources of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis (Sénécl) Barr. et Golf. were tested in 48 provenance–progeny trials in Colombia, Brazil, and Venezuela. In Brazil and Venezuela, 8-year heights were approximately 12 m, while in Colombia, mean 8-year height was less than 8 m. The growth rates of the unimproved material correspond approximately to volumes of 14–15 m3·ha–1·year–1 of wood on sites in Brazil and Venezuela, and 4–5 m3·ha–1·year–1 in Colombia. Provenances had similar growth rankings in the different countries, with a type-B provenance correlation of 0.63. The best native provenances were Limón and Guanaja, Honduras. Improved first-generation sources from Queensland, Australia and Zululand, South Africa, were 5–12% better than the mean of the unimproved provenances, depending on country where planted. Mean single-site heritability for volume growth is approximately 0.18. Potential genetic gain for volume at 8 years from selection within provenance is around 30%. Foxtailing is also under moderate genetic control with heritability around 0.15. Genotype × environment interaction for volume growth is generally higher for tests located in different countries than in the same countries. Selection for age-8 volume using age-5 data would be 93% as effective as selection at age 8.

AN INVESTIGATION OF GENOTYPE × ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION IN RELATION TO A SELECTION EXPERIMENT IN TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM

1971 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. W. Friars ◽  
B. N. Nayak ◽  
P. Y. Jui ◽  
B. L. Raktoe
Keyword(s):  
Tribolium Castaneum ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Selection Experiment ◽  
Response To Selection ◽  
Slight Tendency ◽  
Offspring Number ◽  
Genotype Environment Interaction ◽  
Reverse Trend ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Selection Of

An experiment involving the selection of certain lines of Tribolium castaneum for larva weight and others for offspring number in both wet and dry environments was carried out over nine generations. No apparent interactions of environment-selected-in × environment-tested-in was found. That is, the environment-selected-in did not condition response to selection for larva weight, although some slight tendency toward this type of effect was noted for offspring number. However, lines selected for high larva weight showed greater response over controls when tested in the wet as opposed to the dry environment.Crosses of the respective lines indicated that the hatchability of lines selected for larva weight was elevated when they were shifted from the dry to the wet environment. However, the reverse trend was apparent for the control lines. A cross of lines selected for offspring number in wet and dry environments respectively showed repeated superiority in hatchability over other lines and crosses to which it was compared.

Selection on phenotypic variation of pupa weight in Tribolium castaneum

1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 856-861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvie Cardin ◽  
Francis Minvielle
Keyword(s):  
Inbreeding Depression ◽  
Tribolium Castaneum ◽  
Coefficient Of Variation ◽  
Phenotypic Variability ◽  
The Other ◽  
Direct Selection ◽  
Phenotypic Variance ◽  
Realized Heritability ◽  
Coefficients Of Variation ◽  
Selection For

Responses to selection for high and low intrafamily coefficients of variation of pupa weight in Tribolium castaneum were observed for 10 generations. A significant decrease of the coefficient of variation has been observed in the replicated lines selected downwards while no response occurred in the other lines. Mean pupa weights did not change significantly throughout the experiment while mean fertility decreased in all lines, probably as a consequence of inbreeding depression. Realized heritability of the coefficient of variation of pupa weight was 0.15 ± 0.04 and 0.03 ± 0.01% for the downwards and upwards lines, respectively. These results show that the manipulation of the phenotypic variability by direct selection is possible.Key words: Tribolium, phenotypic variance, coefficient of variation of pupa weight.

scholarly journals Sustainable Intensification of Beef Production in the Tropics: The Role of Genetically Improving Sexual Precocity of Heifers

Animals ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
Gerardo Alves Fernandes Júnior ◽  
Delvan Alves Silva ◽  
Lucio Flavio Macedo Mota ◽  
Thaise Pinto de Melo ◽  
Larissa Fernanda Simielli Fonseca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Improvement ◽  
Direct Selection ◽  
Parameter Estimates ◽  
Zebu Cattle ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Beef Production ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Sexual Precocity ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Selection For

Increasing productivity through continued animal genetic improvement is a crucial part of implementing sustainable livestock intensification programs. In Zebu cattle, the lack of sexual precocity is one of the main obstacles to improving beef production efficiency. Puberty-related traits are complex, but large-scale data sets from different “omics” have provided information on specific genes and biological processes with major effects on the expression of such traits, which can greatly increase animal genetic evaluation. In addition, genetic parameter estimates and genomic predictions involving sexual precocity indicator traits and productive, reproductive, and feed-efficiency related traits highlighted the feasibility and importance of direct selection for anticipating heifer reproductive life. Indeed, the case study of selection for sexual precocity in Nellore breeding programs presented here show that, in 12 years of selection for female early precocity and improved management practices, the phenotypic means of age at first calving showed a strong decreasing trend, changing from nearly 34 to less than 28 months, with a genetic trend of almost −2 days/year. In this period, the percentage of early pregnancy in the herds changed from around 10% to more than 60%, showing that the genetic improvement of heifer’s sexual precocity allows optimizing the productive cycle by reducing the number of unproductive animals in the herd. It has a direct impact on sustainability by better use of resources. Genomic selection breeding programs accounting for genotype by environment interaction represent promising tools for accelerating genetic progress for sexual precocity in tropical beef cattle.

scholarly journals Challenges and adaptive strategies in pig breeding from the aspect of heat stress and heat tolerance

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
István Nagy ◽  
György Kövér ◽  
Zsolt Gerencsér ◽  
Gabriella Szász
Keyword(s):  
Heat Tolerance ◽  
Temperature Effects ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Genetic Selection ◽  
Adaptive Strategies ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Genotype Environment Interaction ◽  
Selection For ◽  
The Ideal

Authors summarized the results of the last three decades’ relevant literature examining the temperature effects on the various growth, reproductive and carcass traits in pigs. The ideal period of temperature measurement and the different methodologies characterizing temperature effects were summarized. The aspects of genotype environment interaction for the measured traits under hot and temperate conditions were also presented. Finally the possibilities of direct genetic selection for heat tolerance and its possible selection criteria traits were also discussed.

Response to selection in Australian Merino sheep. VIII.* Further results on selection for high clean wool weight with attention to quality

1978 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 615 ◽  
Author(s):  
HN Turner ◽  
N Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Correlations ◽  
Fibre Diameter ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Genetic Progress ◽  
Weight One ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Made In ◽  
Australian Merino

Results of selection for high clean wool weight per head with control of quality are reported for two selection groups over the period 1966–74. Results for the same experiment for the periods 1950–1959 and 1961–64 were reported earlier. Both groups were selected for high clean wool weight, one (S) with a ceiling on fibre diameter and degree of skin wrinkle, and the other (MS) with a lower limit on staple crimp frequency and a ceiling on skin wrinkle. Genetic progress in clean wool weight was greater in S than in MS over the 1966–74 period (0.12–0.15 lb/annum, compared with 0.06–0.09). This was to be expected from genetic correlations of clean wool weight with fibre diameter (low positive) and staple crimp frequency (high negative). The result supports the previous recommendation that staple crimp frequency is an inefficient way of controlling wool quality while attempting to improve quantity by selection, because its use severely restricts the likely progress in quantity. The actual rate of progress in the S group was similar to that in the period 1950–59, which was followed by a fall in superiority of the selected over the control group animals born during 1961–64. The recovery of response in the 1966–74 period negates the suggestion that the loss of response during the 1961-64 period was due to a 'plateau'. The most likely explanation is that a genotype x environment interaction occurred, such that the genetic gain made in the 1950-59 period could not be expressed in the poorer environments of 1960–65, but reappeared gradually under the improving environment of the 1966–74 period. Attempts to remove this interaction by regression of response on the mean clean wool weight of the unselected control group (as an index of the level of the environment) for each year, were not successful. The interaction is, therefore, not simply a case of all selection groups being equal when the environment is poor. ________________ *Part VII, Aust. J. Agric. Res., 26: 937 (1975).

scholarly journals Multiattribute Response of Maize Genotypes Tested in Different Coastal Regions of Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Lúcio Borges de Araújo ◽  
Mario Varela Nualles ◽  
Mirian Fernandes Carvalho Araújo ◽  
Carlos Tadeu dos Santos Dias
Keyword(s):  
Principal Components ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Coastal Regions ◽  
Multivariate Response ◽  
Genotype Environment Interaction ◽  
Maize Genotypes ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Main Effects

This work applies the three mode principal components analysis to analyze simultaneously the multiple attributes; to fit of models with additive main effects and multiplicative interaction effects (AMMI models) and the regressions models on sites (SREG models); to evaluate, respectively, the multivariate response of the genotype × environment interaction and the mean response of 36 genotypes of corn tested in 4 locations in Brazil. The results were presented by joint plots to identify the best genotypes for their adaptability and performance in the set of attributes.

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