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Hybrid effects in field populations of the African monarch butterfly, Danaus chrysippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Heterosis, Haldane and Bateson-Dobzhansky-Muller effects have been widely documented amongst a range of plants and animals. However, typically these effects are shown by taking parents of known genotype into the laboratory and measuring components of the F(1) progeny under laboratory conditions. Thi...

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Autores principales: Smith, David As, Bennie, Jon J, Gordon, Ian J, Martin, Simon, Ireri, Piera, Omufwoko, Kennedy S, Ffrench-Constant, Richard H
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8444992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34539176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab036
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author Smith, David As
Bennie, Jon J
Gordon, Ian J
Martin, Simon
Ireri, Piera
Omufwoko, Kennedy S
Ffrench-Constant, Richard H
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Bennie, Jon J
Gordon, Ian J
Martin, Simon
Ireri, Piera
Omufwoko, Kennedy S
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description Heterosis, Haldane and Bateson-Dobzhansky-Muller effects have been widely documented amongst a range of plants and animals. However, typically these effects are shown by taking parents of known genotype into the laboratory and measuring components of the F(1) progeny under laboratory conditions. This leaves in doubt the real significance of such effects in the field. Here we use the well-known colour pattern genotypes of the African monarch or queen (Danaus chrysippus), which also control wing length, to test these effects both in the laboratory and in a contact zone in the field. By measuring the wing lengths in animals of known colour pattern genotype we show clear evidence for all three hybrid effects at the A and BC colour patterning loci, and importantly, that these same effects persist in the same presumptive F(1)s when measured in hybrid populations in the field. This demonstrates the power of a system in which genotypes can be directly inferred in the field and highlights that all three hybrid effects can be seen in the East African contact zone of this fascinating butterfly.
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spelling pubmed-84449922021-09-17 Hybrid effects in field populations of the African monarch butterfly, Danaus chrysippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Smith, David As Bennie, Jon J Gordon, Ian J Martin, Simon Ireri, Piera Omufwoko, Kennedy S Ffrench-Constant, Richard H Biol J Linn Soc Lond Original Articles Heterosis, Haldane and Bateson-Dobzhansky-Muller effects have been widely documented amongst a range of plants and animals. However, typically these effects are shown by taking parents of known genotype into the laboratory and measuring components of the F(1) progeny under laboratory conditions. This leaves in doubt the real significance of such effects in the field. Here we use the well-known colour pattern genotypes of the African monarch or queen (Danaus chrysippus), which also control wing length, to test these effects both in the laboratory and in a contact zone in the field. By measuring the wing lengths in animals of known colour pattern genotype we show clear evidence for all three hybrid effects at the A and BC colour patterning loci, and importantly, that these same effects persist in the same presumptive F(1)s when measured in hybrid populations in the field. This demonstrates the power of a system in which genotypes can be directly inferred in the field and highlights that all three hybrid effects can be seen in the East African contact zone of this fascinating butterfly. Oxford University Press 2021-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8444992/ /pubmed/34539176 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab036 Text en © 2021 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Articles
Smith, David As
Bennie, Jon J
Gordon, Ian J
Martin, Simon
Ireri, Piera
Omufwoko, Kennedy S
Ffrench-Constant, Richard H
Hybrid effects in field populations of the African monarch butterfly, Danaus chrysippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
title Hybrid effects in field populations of the African monarch butterfly, Danaus chrysippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
title_full Hybrid effects in field populations of the African monarch butterfly, Danaus chrysippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
title_fullStr Hybrid effects in field populations of the African monarch butterfly, Danaus chrysippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
title_full_unstemmed Hybrid effects in field populations of the African monarch butterfly, Danaus chrysippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
title_short Hybrid effects in field populations of the African monarch butterfly, Danaus chrysippus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
title_sort hybrid effects in field populations of the african monarch butterfly, danaus chrysippus (l.) (lepidoptera: nymphalidae)
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8444992/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34539176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab036
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