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16082920

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-8
pubmed:abstractText
We previously determined that certain recessive genes decrease female fecundity in a haplo-diploid spider mite, Stigmaeopsis miscanthi (Saito). However, whether the depression was caused by the breakdown of heterosis or the expression of deleterious genes retained in a population could not be determined, because we had started our inbreeding experiment from a mixture of two isolated populations. In order to answer this basic question, inbreeding effects on survival and fecundity were measured for eight small populations occurring far from the two initial populations. There was little depression of immature survival of inbred lineages in all populations. On the other hand, in two inbred lineages, both originating from the smallest populations, female oviposition decreased significantly with the increase of Wrights f-value, showing that mildly deleterious genes are actually retained even in natural populations of haplo-diploid organisms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0168-8162
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Inbreeding depression of female fecundity by genetic factors retained in natural populations of a male-haploid social mite (Acari: Tetranychidae).
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't