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Natural selection on the genetical component of variance in body condition in a wild bird population

机译:自然选择野生鸟类种群中身体状况变异的遗传成分

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Although there is substantial evidence that skeletal measures of body size are heritable in wild animal populations, it is frequently assumed that the nonskeletal component of body weight (or 'condition') is determined primarily by environmental factors, in particular nutritional state. We tested this assumption by quantifying the genetic and environmental components of variance in fledgling body condition index (= relative body weight) in a natural population of collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis), and compared the strength of natural selection on individual breeding values with that on phenotypic values. A mixed model analysis of the components of variance, based on an 'animal model' and using 18 years of data on 17 717 nestlings, revealed a significant additive genetic component of variance in body condition, which corresponded to a narrow sense heritability (h2) of 0.30 (SE = 0.03). Nongenetic contributions to variation in body condition were large, but there was no evidence of dominance variance nor of contributions from early maternal or common environment effects (pre-manipulation environment) in condition at fledging. Comparison of pre- and post-selection samples revealed virtually identical h2 of body condition index, despite the fact that there was a significant decrease (35%) in the levels of additive genetic variance from fledging to breeding. The similar h2 in the two samples occurred because the environmental component of variance was also reduced by selection, suggesting that natural selection was acting on both genotypic and environmental variation. The effects of selection on genetic variance were confirmed by calculation of the selection differentials for both phenotypic values and best linear unbiased predictor (BLUP) estimates of breeding values: there was positive directional selection on condition index both at the phenotypic and the genotypic level. The significant h2 of body condition index is consistent with data from human and rodent populations showing significant additive genetic variance in relative body mass and adiposity, but contrasts with the common assumption in ecology that body condition refects an individual's nongenetic nutritional state. Furthermore, the substantial reduction in the additive genetic component of variance in body condition index suggests that selection on environmental deviations cannot alone explain the maintenance of additive genetic variation in heritable traits, but that other mechanisms are needed to explain the moderate to high heritabilities of traits under consistent and strong directional selection.
机译:尽管有充分的证据表明在野生动物种群中骨骼大小的测量值是可遗传的,但通常认为体重(或“状况”)的非骨骼部分主要由环境因素决定,尤其是营养状态。我们通过量化自然的领捕蝇器(Ficedula albicollis)雏鸟的体况指数(=相对体重)方差的遗传和环境成分来测试该假设,并比较了自然选择对个体繁殖值的影响程度与表型值。基于“动物模型”并使用18年的17 717例雏鸟数据,对方差成分进行了混合模型分析,揭示了人体状况方差的重要累加遗传成分,这与狭义遗传力(h2)相符。为0.30(SE = 0.03)。非遗传因素对身体状况变化的贡献很大,但没有证据表明优势状态的变化,也没有证据表明出雏时条件的早期母体或共同环境影响(操纵前环境)的影响。选择前和选择后样品的比较显示,身体状况指数的h2几乎相同,尽管从出雏到繁殖的加性遗传变异水平显着降低(35%)。在两个样本中发生类似的h2的原因是,选择也降低了方差的环境成分,这表明自然选择对基因型和环境变异都有影响。选择对遗传方差的影响通过计算表型值和最佳线性无偏预测因子(BLUP)育种值的选择差异的计算得以确认:在表型和基因型水平上,条件指数均具有正向选择。人体状况指数的显着h2与人类和啮齿类动物种群的数据一致,这些数据显示相对体重和肥胖存在显着的累加遗传方差,但与生态学中人体状况会影响个体非遗传营养状态的普遍假设相反。此外,人体状况指标方差的累加遗传成分的大幅减少表明,环境偏差的选择不能单独解释遗传性状的累加遗传变异的维持,但还需要其他机制来解释中度至高度遗传性状在一致而有力的方向选择下

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