University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Response to Selection for Pupal Weight With and Without Assortative Mating in Tribolium Castaneum
Abstract
dc:descriptionJoint effects of pre-selection mating system (random: R; assortative: A), selection mating system (R;A) and percent truncation selected (20%; 50%; 0% (control)) were studied in a 2 x 2 x 3 factorial experiment with 5 replicates to examine direct response to selection for pupal weight (PW), and correlated responses for larval weight (LW) and pupation time (PT) in Tribolium castaneum. Prior to selection two groups, each with 50 males mated to 100 females were either R-mated or A-mated for 3 generations. At generation 3, 6 lines were formed in each group, one for each selection mating system-selection intensity combination, and selection began. Each line was maintained during 2 generations of selection by 10 pair-matings.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Animal Sciences
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Mwenya, Wilson Nelson Mulenga
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8409814
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70011