Genetic effects on life-history traits in the Glanville fritillary butterfly.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adaptation to local habitat conditions may lead to the natural divergence of populations in life-history traits such as body size, time of reproduction, mate signaling or dispersal capacity. Given enough time and strong enough selection pressures, populations may experience local genetic differentiation. The genetic basis of many life-history traits, and their evolution according to different environmental conditions remain however poorly understood.

Methods

We conducted an association study on the Glanville fritillary butterfly, using material from five populations along a latitudinal gradient within the Baltic Sea region, which show different degrees of habitat fragmentation. We investigated variation in 10 principal components, cofounding in total 21 life-histo

SUBMITTER: Duplouy A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5446771 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature