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THE ECOLOGICAL GENETICS OF THE MUTANT SOOTY IN POPULATIONS OF TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM,

THE ECOLOGICAL GENETICS OF THE MUTANT SOOTY IN POPULATIONS OF TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM, THE ECOLOGICAL GENETICS OF THE MUTANT SOOTY IN POPULATIONS OF TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUMl,2 GUNTHER SCHLAGER , 4, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Received July 6, 1962 The aim of this study was to investigate interpretable in terms of differential repro­ the fate of a mutant allele in populations duction and survival of certain genotypes, of Tribolium castaneum Herbst in an effort and this must involve the ecology of the to gain some insight into the mechanisms population within which it is operating. of selection. The study was undertaken This was emphasized in a recent review by from both a genetical and an ecological Birch (1960), where attention was drawn point of view. The population growth to the ecological mechanisms of natural curves and the proportions of life-history selection. In the past, experiments have stages were determined for populations be­ centered on the demonstration of the gun with adults at varying gene frequencies occurrence of selection (L'Heritier and of the mutant allele. The changes in gene Teissier, 1934, 1937; Merrell and Under­ and zygotic frequencies and in population hill, 1956; Kollros, 1944; McDonald and structure were recorded at regular intervals Peer, 1960, 1961; and others); in the present study the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Evolution Oxford University Press

THE ECOLOGICAL GENETICS OF THE MUTANT SOOTY IN POPULATIONS OF TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM,

Schlager, Gunther
Evolution , Volume 17 (2) – Jun 1, 1963
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THE ECOLOGICAL GENETICS OF THE MUTANT SOOTY IN POPULATIONS OF TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUMl,2 GUNTHER SCHLAGER , 4, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Received July 6, 1962 The aim of this study was to investigate interpretable in terms of differential repro­ the fate of a mutant allele in populations duction and survival of certain genotypes, of Tribolium castaneum Herbst in an effort and this must involve the ecology of the to gain some insight into the mechanisms population within which it is operating. of selection. The study was undertaken This was emphasized in a recent review by from both a genetical and an ecological Birch (1960), where attention was drawn point of view. The population growth to the ecological mechanisms of natural curves and the proportions of life-history selection. In the past, experiments have stages were determined for populations be­ centered on the demonstration of the gun with adults at varying gene frequencies occurrence of selection (L'Heritier and of the mutant allele. The changes in gene Teissier, 1934, 1937; Merrell and Under­ and zygotic frequencies and in population hill, 1956; Kollros, 1944; McDonald and structure were recorded at regular intervals Peer, 1960, 1961; and others); in the present study the

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Published: Jun 1, 1963

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