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14686542

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-22
pubmed:abstractText
The genetic variation of sex ratio and sex allocation were examined in a series of half-sib analyses on the sex ratio of braconid parasitoid wasp Heterospilus prosopidis populations collected in Hawaii and Arizona. The mean threshold value and the range of the threshold for change in the sex of offspring in response to resource quality (host size) were determined. Estimates of the narrow-sense heritability (h2) of sex ratio at a specific host size ranged from 0.185 to 0.315, and those of the sex changing point (threshold value) ranged from 0.220 to 0.342. The coefficient of variation (CV(A)) of sex ratio was significantly larger than CV(A) of body weight. We discuss factors that maintained the significant additive genetic variation of sex ratio.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0014-3820
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2659-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic variation of sex allocation in the parasitoid wasp Heterospilus prosopidis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Systems Sciences (Biology), University of Tokyo, 3-8-1, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan. kobyshia@pref.okinawa.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't