A Holling Functional Response Model for Mapping QTLs Governing Interspecific Interactions.

ABSTRACT: Genes play an important role in community ecology and evolution, but how to identify the genes that affect community dynamics at the whole genome level is very challenging. Here, we develop a Holling type II functional response model for mapping quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that govern interspecific interactions. The model, integrated with generalized Lotka-Volterra differential dynamic equations, shows a better capacity to reveal the dynamic complexity of inter-species interactions than classic competition models. By applying the new model to a published mapping data from a competition experiment of two microbial species, we identify a set of previously uncharacterized QTLs that are specifically responsible for microbial cooperation and competition. The model can not only characterize h

SUBMITTER: Zhang XY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8554200 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature