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A potential role for overdominance in the maintenance of colour variation in the Neotropical tortoise beetle, Chelymorpha alternans.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology ( IF 2.1 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-25 , DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13779
Lynette R Strickland 1 , Rebecca C Fuller 1 , Donald Windsor 2 , Carla E Cáceres 3
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The presence of persistent polymorphisms within natural populations elicits the question of how such polymorphisms are maintained. All else equal, genetic drift and natural selection should remove genetic variants from populations. Disassortative mating and overdominance are potential mechanisms for maintaining variation within populations. Here, we consider the potential role of these mechanisms in maintaining variation in colour pattern in the tortoise beetle, Chelymorpha alternans. Five colour morphs distinguished by elytral and pronotal coloration are largely determined by a single locus of large effect with four segregating alleles. As many as four morphs co-occur in natural populations. We first assessed whether disassortative mating might maintain this polymorphism. To test for assortative and disassortative mating, we paired females with two males, one with the same colour pattern as the female and one with a different colour pattern and examined the colour patterns of the offspring. We found strong evidence for random mating as a function of colour pattern. We next assessed whether differences in offspring survival among assortative and disassortative male-female pairs maintain colour variation. Crosses involving disassortative pairings had significantly higher offspring survival during development and resulted in more adult progeny. This result is consistent with the effects of overdominance, whereby outcrossed individuals have higher fitness than their homozygous counterparts. Overall, differences in offspring survival appear to play a greater role in maintaining polymorphisms than nonrandom mating in species.

中文翻译:

在维持新热带陆龟甲虫 Chelymorpha alternans 颜色变化中的过度优势的潜在作用。

自然种群中持久多态性的存在引发了如何维持这种多态性的问题。在其他条件相同的情况下,遗传漂变和自然选择应该从种群中消除遗传变异。不分类交配和过度支配是维持种群内变异的潜在机制。在这里,我们考虑了这些机制在维持龟甲虫 Chelymorpha alternans 颜色模式变化方面的潜在作用。以鞘翅和前体着色区分的五种颜色变形主要由具有四个分离等位基因的单一大效应位点决定。在自然种群中同时出现多达四种变体。我们首先评估了异类交配是否会维持这种多态性。为了测试同种和非同种交配,我们将雌性与两只雄性配对,一种与雌性具有相同的颜色图案,另一种具有不同的颜色图案,并检查了后代的颜色图案。我们发现了随机交配作为颜色模式函数的有力证据。我们接下来评估了分类和不分类的雄性 - 雌性对之间后代存活率的差异是否保持颜色变化。涉及不协调配对的杂交在发育过程中具有显着更高的后代存活率,并导致更多的成年后代。这一结果与过度优势的影响一致,即异交个体比其纯合个体具有更高的适应度。总体而言,与物种中的非随机交配相比,后代存活率的差异似乎在维持多态性方面发挥了更大的作用。一只与雌性具有相同的颜色图案,另一只具有不同的颜色图案,并检查了后代的颜色图案。我们发现了随机交配作为颜色模式函数的有力证据。我们接下来评估了分类和不分类的雄性 - 雌性对之间后代存活率的差异是否保持颜色变化。涉及不协调配对的杂交在发育过程中具有显着更高的后代存活率,并导致更多的成年后代。这一结果与过度优势的影响一致,即异交个体比其纯合个体具有更高的适应度。总体而言,与物种中的非随机交配相比,后代存活率的差异似乎在维持多态性方面发挥了更大的作用。一只与雌性具有相同的颜色图案,另一只具有不同的颜色图案,并检查了后代的颜色图案。我们发现了随机交配作为颜色模式函数的有力证据。我们接下来评估了分类和不分类的雄性 - 雌性对之间后代存活率的差异是否保持颜色变化。涉及不协调配对的杂交在发育过程中具有显着更高的后代存活率,并导致更多的成年后代。这一结果与过度优势的影响一致,即异交个体比其纯合个体具有更高的适应度。总体而言,与物种中的非随机交配相比,后代存活率的差异似乎在维持多态性方面发挥了更大的作用。
更新日期:2021-03-11
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