Analysis of heterosis and recombination loss for fitness and productivity traits in different hybrids of mulberry silk moth Bombyx mori

Subramanya, G. and Bishop, S. C. (2011) Analysis of heterosis and recombination loss for fitness and productivity traits in different hybrids of mulberry silk moth Bombyx mori. ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 41 (1). pp. 18-23.

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Abstract

Three different races of lepidopteron silk moth Bombyx mori were used in reciprocal and inter se crosses to determine heterosis effects at F(1) and recombination loss at the F(2) generation for three fitness traits (fecundity, larval duration, survival rate) and four productivity traits (larval weight, cocoon weight, shell weight, filament length). Eleven mating types were represented in the present study, including three pure breeds and a variety of F(1) and F(2) populations arising from regular and reciprocal crosses, respectively. Equations were derived to evaluate heterosis, maternal and overdominance effects for the above traits. Estimates of heterosis and overdominance effects revealed significant heterosis effects for all the traits, but overdominance was only seen for larval duration (favorable effect) and survival rate (unfavorable effect). Maternal effects were significant for the majority of the traits under study. The results revealed significant reduction for all the quantitative traits from F(1) to F(2), except for larval duration. The most obvious explanation for the reduction of fitness parameters and productive traits is the reduction in heterozygosity from F(1) to F(2) (it is expected that one half of the heterozygosity of F(1) is lost in F(2)). For larval duration this explanation seems insufficient and breakdown of epistatic gene effects (i.e. recombination loss) has been suggested.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: crossbreeding; genetics; silkworm
Subjects: B Life Science > Botany
Divisions: Department of > Sericulture Science
Depositing User: Users 23 not found.
Date Deposited: 18 Jun 2019 10:01
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2020 10:33
URI: http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/2597

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