Mitochondrial polymorphism shapes intrapopulation behavioural variation in wild Drosophila.

ABSTRACT: Intrapopulation variation in behaviour, including activity, boldness and aggressiveness, is becoming more widely recognized and is hypothesized to substantially affect ecological and evolutionary dynamics. Although previous studies used candidate-gene approaches and genome-wide association analyses to identify genes correlated with variations in activity and aggressiveness, behavioural variation may not be fully captured in the nuclear genome, as it does not account for mitochondrial genomes. Mitochondrial genes encode products that are key regulators of the cellular energy-producing pathways in metabolic processes and are thought to play a significant role in life-history and reproductive traits. In this study, we considered many isofemale lines of Drosophila immigrans established

SUBMITTER: Ueno T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8315832 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature